An Irish term for a small fish — specifically the minnow, but used more broadly for any tiny, insignificant fish. Extended figuratively to describe an insignificant or unimportant person: someone too small to matter. The diminutive '-een' suffix is characteristically Irish, adding a sense of smallness.
He caught nothing but pinkeens all afternoon and threw them all back.
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(Ireland) A little fish; especially the minnow, .
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(Ireland) An insignificant person.
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