lhuck

Yola

Alternative forms

• looke

Etymology

From Middle English luk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊk/, /luːk/

Noun

lhuck

1. luck
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,

     If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

Derived terms

• luckie
• mizluck

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, page 86