lickeen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lokinge, from Old English þurhlōcung.

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 (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
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