lickeen
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English lokinge, from Old English þurhlōcung.
Noun
lickeen
- 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 (1867) , 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, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN