单词 | to luck up |
释义 | > as lemmasto luck up to luck up intransitive. U.S. (esp. in African-American usage). With on. To find, come across, or obtain by good luck. ΚΠ 1922 Chicago Defender 28 Jan. a1 (headline) Dixie Mammy Lucked Up on Ice Cream Art. 1936 N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Feb. 9/6 Men who consider themselves eligible, or who perhaps figure they may luck up on an honest-to-goodness help-meet. 1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders i. 9 This is the best writing pad I've ever lucked up on. 1971 Black World Apr. 56 All of em hopin to luck up on a few grand by hittin on me. 1992 T. Morrison Jazz 46 If you lucked up on some fool you'd have a place? Is that what you thought? 2011 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 29 Apr. I just went in the other room and wrote some crazy stuff down... I just kind of luck up on it, but thank God I can. < as lemmas |
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