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jakeys

jakeys is the plural of jakey.

Meaning of jakey

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

Questions about jakeys

What is jakeys the plural of?
Jakeys is the plural of jakey.

Words near jakeys in the dictionary

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

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