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jakey

jakey noun: a homeless drunk.

Noun

jakey (plural jakeys or jakies)

  1. (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.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 4

Forms of jakey

pluraljakeys
pluraljakies

Questions about jakey

What does jakey mean?
Jakey means a homeless drunk.
What part of speech is jakey?
Jakey is a noun.
What is the plural of jakey?
The plural of jakey is jakeys.

Words near jakey in the dictionary

  1. jakes-houses
  2. jakeses
  3. jakeshouse
  4. jakeshouses
  5. Jakester
  6. jakey
  7. jakeys
  8. jakfruit
  9. jakfruits
  10. jakhalsbessie
  11. jakhya

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