lickeen
Yola
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lukynge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlickeen
- looking, or looks in face, or appearance.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Hea's a gooude lickeen bye; Shea's a gooude lickeen michel.
- He's a good-looking boy; She's a good-looking girl.
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867