What does jakey mean?
Jakey means (chiefly Scotland) A homeless drunk..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly Scotland) A homeless drunk..
There is a noise, now that she's properly awake, but it's not the hard laughter of youths, nor the drunken singing of the old jakeys who sometimes set up camp in one of the empty flats.
Use jakey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jakey means (chiefly Scotland) A homeless drunk..
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There is a noise, now that she's properly awake, but it's not the hard laughter of youths, nor the drunken singing of the old jakeys who sometimes set up camp in one of the empty flats.
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