lickeen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lukynge.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɪˈkiːn/

Noun

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
  • 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
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