Jackeen
/ (dʒæˈkiːn) /
noun
Irish a slick self-assertive lower-class Dubliner
Origin of Jackeen
1C19: from proper name Jack + -een, Irish diminutive suffix, from Irish Gaelic -ín
Words Nearby Jackeen
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How to use Jackeen in a sentence
Jackeen; a nickname for a conceited Dublin citizen of the lower class.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceAnd Jackeen told me after that it had laid hold on his trousers, and he didn't sleep all night with the fright he got.
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