Jackeen

//ˈdʒækiːn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin. Ireland, derogatory

    "A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of jackeen. alt-of

    "In manner and bearing he is a superb Jackeen."

  3. 3
    Synonym of Dubliner, especially (obsolete or historical) an excessively Anglophile one. Ireland, derogatory, ethnic, slur

    "To the sellers in the market, to the barmen and barmaids, to the beggars who importuned him for a lob Mr Dedalus told the same tale, that he was an old Corkonian, that he had been trying for thirty years to get rid of his Cork accent up in Dublin and that Peter Pickakafax beside him was his eldest son but that he was only a Dublin jackeen."

Synonyms

All synonyms
dublinershoneenwest briton

Example

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"A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes."

Etymology

From Jack + -een (“little”), from Jack being a common English name.

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