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lickeen

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Etymology

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From Middle English lukynge, equivalent to looke +‎ -een.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lickeen

  1. 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

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  • 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