lucker

See also: Lucker

English

Etymology

From luck +‎ -er.

Noun

lucker (plural luckers)

  1. (slang) A very lucky person.
    • 1920, Angela Brazil, The Princess of the School:
      You lucker! My train doesn't start till ten! I begged and implored Miss Walters to let me leave by the early one, and wait at the junction, but she would not hear of it, so I've got to stop here kicking my heels, […]

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German lukker, further origin uncertain. Cognate of German locker.

Adjective

lucker (comparative luckrare, superlative luckrast)

  1. loose, porous, friable

Usage notes

Especially common to describe soil.

Declension

Inflection of lucker
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lucker luckrare luckrast
neuter singular luckert luckrare luckrast
plural luckra luckrare luckrast
masculine plural2 luckre luckrare luckrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 luckre luckrare luckraste
all luckra luckrare luckraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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