subs. (thieves’).—Plunder.
1848. E. Z. C. JUDSON (‘Ned Buntline’), The Mysteries and Miseries of New York, iv. Ve might as vel count up the week’s earnins and divide the LUCKY.
Adj. (old colloquial).—Handy.
1703. CENTLIVRE, Love’s Contrivance, i. Bellm. … You used to be a LUCKY Rogue upon a Pinch. Mart. Ay, Master, and I have not forgot it yet.
TO CUT (or MAKE) ONE’S LUCKY, verb. phr. (common).—To decamp. For synonyms, see AMPUTATE and SKEDADDLE.
1834. M. G. DOWLING, Othello Travestie, i. 2. You’d better CUT YOUR LUCKY.
1835. DICKENS, Sketches by Boz, 266. ‘Let me alone,’ replied Ikey, ‘and I’ll ha’ vound up, and MADE MY LUCKY in five seconds.’ Ibid. (1837), Oliver Twist, l. ‘When was Fagin took then?’ ‘Just at dinner-time—two o’clock this afternoon. Charley and I MADE OUR LUCKY up the wash’us chimney.’
1839. G. W. REYNOLDS, Pickwick Abroad, p. 223. At dusk we’ll MAKE OUR LUCKY.
1882. J. D. MCCABE, New York by Sunlight and Gaslight, xxxiv. 509. (In list of slang terms).
