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jakies

jakies 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 jakies

What is jakies the plural of?
Jakies is the plural of jakey.

Words near jakies in the dictionary

  1. jakfruits
  2. jakhalsbessie
  3. jakhya
  4. JAKi
  5. jakie
  6. jakies
  7. JAKIM
  8. jaking
  9. jakinib
  10. jakinibs
  11. Jakins

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