Chancer

n.

Heard in Limerick, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Galway, Longford, Kildare and Dublin

Someone who would chance their luck.

Ah will ya go way u chancer.

Posh English

Oh, do go away, you opportunistic bounder.

Same phrase, other counties

• Wicklow
• Kilkenny
• Galway
• Longford
• Kildare
• Dublin

Related terms

• FlukePure luck; something obtained or achieved by chance.
• A neck like a jockeys arseSaid of a chancer or someone who takes excessive liberties.
• Chance the armTo attempt something risky or novel; to give it a try.
• Good luckFarewell or goodbye.
• Good luck to you nowA brusque dismissal equivalent to telling someone to go away or fuck off.
• Hard neckCheek or effrontery. A chancer.