good cess

noun

Good luck, favourable outcome, happiness

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Meanings

noungood cess (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountableGood luck, favourable outcome, happiness

    Güde cess tü his sawl, poor blid! He hadden much ov thease world's güdes yer. He died game, 'e did, arter awl!

    1892, Sarah HEWETT, The Peasant Speech of Devon
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    Midland has had good cess with using minute commercials eight television stations, cited as one example of modernizing its advertising.

    1962, News for Farmer Cooperatives, Information Office, Farm Credit Administration
  2. UKuncountableGood riddance, a suitable dismissal or disposal of something worthless or harmful.

    "It be nawbody," said John, "vor us to make a fush about. Belong to t'other zide o' the moor, and come staling shape to our zide. Red Jem Hannaford his name. Thank God for him to be hanged, lad; and good cess to his soul, for craikin' zo."

    1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
felicityfortuitousnessfortuityfortunegood luckhappinessluckluck of the irish

Origin

Uncertain, and also apparently varied, depending on context. Apart from the etymology of cess, as being from "success", "access" etc, some of the usages of good cess appear to refer to cesspool, as a place of suitable disposal.

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