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Jackeen

/ (dʒæˈkiːn) /

noun

Irish a slick self-assertive lower-class Dubliner

Word Origin for Jackeen

C19: from proper name Jack + -een, Irish diminutive suffix, from Irish Gaelic -ín

Example sentences from the Web for jackeen

And Jackeen told me after that it had laid hold on his trousers, and he didn't sleep all night with the fright he got.

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series |Lady Gregory
Jackeen; a nickname for a conceited Dublin citizen of the lower class.

English As We Speak It in Ireland |P. W. Joyce