Awa'na'hack

v.

Heard in Tipperary

To be fortunate or lucky.

In use

Your awa'na'hack now after gettin dat fine job up in Dublin

Posh English

You are most fortunate now after securing that fine position up in Dublin.

  • ElectedLucky or fortunate, as though one has been chosen by fate.
  • FlukeyUncommonly lucky or fortunate, often describing an undeserved stroke of good fortune.
  • HauntedExtremely lucky or fortunate, often escaping disaster by the skin of one's teeth.
  • Jammie dodgerA lucky stroke or a fortunate escape, sometimes applied to a slippery character.
  • JammyA remarkably fortunate or lucky person, often accompanied by mild envy.
  • Jammy bastardLucky in an improbably fortunate or fluky way.