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/ˈdʒækiːn/ · noun
(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin..
A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes.
Jackeens loitering about the Dublin theatres.
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.
Use jackeen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jackeen means (Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin..
Common synonyms include Dubliner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes.
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