(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin.
A buckeen, a jackeen, a squireen, or any of the intermediate classes.
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(Ireland, derogatory, ethnic slur) , especially (obsolete, _, or, _, historic) an excessively Anglophile one.
Jackeens loitering about the Dublin theatres.
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