Usage of "happy-go-lucky"

Cheerfully irresponsible.

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Usage of happy-go-lucky in English

You've always been a happy-go-lucky type, never taking responsibility for anything, right? 
 Kafka on the Shore 

I saw him before Christmas and he was his usual happy-go-lucky self. 
 News.com.au 

A faction of happy-go-lucky do-gooders without a selfish bone in their bodies. 
 Divergent 

The happy-go-lucky days of childhood are not always what they seem. 
 The Irish Times 

Snowboarders tend to be younger and have a hard-partying, happy-go-lucky image. 
 Reuters 

Sean only knew Avery Cooper's public persona: the cute, happy-go-lucky guy next door. 
 The next to die 

And nowhere is this happy-go-lucky demeanour more prevalent than at a car wash. 
 The Guardian 

He was only 18 years old, and a happy-go-lucky teenage boy. 
 The Irish Times 

He'd been a happy-go-lucky kid, obsessed with golf and girls, in that order. 
 Table for five 

Flint had a sudden vision of the happy-go-lucky kender lying cold and dead. 
 Dragons of autumn twilight 

Despite all his frailties, he was still the same happy-go-lucky dog. 
 Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog 

Unlucky in love Despite his happy-go-lucky nature, life was not always grand for Tora-san. 
 BBC 

While the game is outwardly cute and happy-go-lucky, there's a darker message lurking underneath. 
 The Irish Times 

She was a true Bohemian, a happy-go-lucky type of the actors of her time. 
 Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4 

Graduating to westerns, I scored the role of happy-go-lucky gunslinger Trampas in The Virginian. 
 The Irish Times 

I take life in my stride and I'm quite happy-go-lucky. 
 The Irish Times 

Meanings of happy-go-lucky in English