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jackeen

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jackeen /ˈdʒakiːn /
noun Irish English mainly derogatory a Dubliner, especially as contrasted with a person from a rural area:
a Dublin jackeen talking to a culchie from Connemara
[as modifier] a thick jackeen accent.
– ORIGIN early 19th century: diminutive of the pet name Jack(see jack1, -een).
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