Jackeen

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English

Noun

Jackeen (plural Jackeens)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of jackeen.
    • 1897 September, Sir C.G. Duffy, Quarterly Review, page 451:
      In manner and bearing he is a superb Jackeen.

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Proper noun

Jackeen

  1. a male given name, variant of Jockeen
    • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 5-6:
      If ich hadh Peeougheen a Buch, Meyleare a Slut, Peedher Ghiel-laaune, an Jackeen Bugaaune,
      If I had Hugh the Buck, Meyler the Sloven, Peter the Smart Man, and John Boggan,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110