buckeen

buckeen
I. \\ˌbəˈkēn\ noun (-s)
Etymology: buck (I) + -een
chiefly Irish : a rather shabby young dandy

after college he lived for some years the life of a buckeen — W.M.Thackeray

II. noun (-s)
Etymology: Dutch bokkin, feminine of bok male Indian (translation of English buck), buck, from Middle Dutch boc; akin to Old High German boc he-goat — more at buck
in Guiana : an Indian woman

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • buckeen — [bʌ ki:n] noun historical a poor but aspiring young man of the lower Anglo Irish gentry …   English new terms dictionary

  • buckeen — buck·een …   English syllables

  • buckeen — /bʌˈkin/ (say bu keen) noun (in Ireland) a young man of the middle class or lower aristocracy who copies the habits of wealthier people. {buck1 (def. 4) + Irish English een (Irish Gaelic ín) diminutive suffix} …  

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