ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JACKEEN
From proper name Jack + -een, Irish diminutive suffix, from Irish Gaelic -ín.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACKEEN»
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1
A Companion to Samuel Beckett
in the Trinity College Dublin papers (hereafter TCD) (MS 10971/2, as itemized in
SBTA 17) under the headings “Trueborn Jackeen” and “Cow.” Both deal,
somewhat unexpectedly, in the aftermath of the Dublin depicted in More Pricks,
with ...
2
The Irish Monthly Magazine of Politics and Literature. ...
Jackeenism deprives the loveliest of nature's creations of its sweetest charm, and
leaves it almost like a flower, whose perfume has been extracted. The
deficiencies of manner which the Jackeen displays, are so apparent, that even
with the ...
3
Jackeen J. O'Malley for Congress
Cartoons tell the story of Barnaby's fairy godfather, O'Malley, who takes on a powerful political boss in order to run for Congress
BY J. M. M. If the reader wants to know what a Dublin Jackeen is, we will tell him:
A Dublin Jackeen is a fellow who does very little for a living, and wants to do less.
He is an adept in all the model of gambling, from the science of " Prick o' the ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Horatio Hastings Weld, 1841
5
The Irish penny magazine
Next to the hat, the hair is entitled to precedence — there is a very close
connexion between them — the Jackeen always wears his curls in Long Ned's
profusion, pushed up, and struggling lor an ascendency over the leaf of the hat,
which is ...
6
The First One Hundred Years
Often, after evening meals, Essie would prepare a dish or pot of warmed-over
food and ask one of us to take it next door to Jackeen in the dark of night. When it
was my turn, I'd apprehensively go to his cellar entrance and tap on the door.
From master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passion—complete with new illustrations and a new Appendix.
8
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
My Lord," says my father, " we couldn't help laughin' at that jackeen down there in
the bottom below." " I don't wonder at it," says my Lord ; " come here Denny, a
word in your car," says his Lordship. So with that my father rode up very
respectful, ...
9
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
'A canoe on the Greenland coast': nautical: C.20. (Bowen) Perhaps by Hobson-
Jobson ex an Eskimo word. jackeen, Jackeen. (Often Dublin jackeen.) A self-
assertive but worthless fellow; esp. a Dublin rough: Anglo-Irish: from ca. 1840; 0b.
10
Suffer the Captive Children
As the 'Dub', unkindly called a Jackeen by the wearer of a maroon and white
badge, swung a haymaker, the Culthie (unkind name for anyone born outside
Dublin) ducked neatly and floored the Jackeen with a left hook. The Jackeen
swung ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACKEEN»
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Jackeen is used in the context of the following news items.
Hilary Fannin: Mouse-brown? Who pays for mouse-brown?
I used to buy the dye in the arcade on Patrick Street, or “Pana”, as we jackeen blow-ins delighted in saying in an unconvincing Cork accent. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
The Edge: Brosnan has licence to thrill in D4
Those are John B Keane's bon mots, not this Jackeen's. He also said: “When you belong to Kerry you know you have a head start on the other ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Roy Curtis: Darragh Ó Sé reveals the sleeveen culture of modern …
The depiction would be of the wilful defiling of a Kingdom treasure, of Jackeen vandals covering the Ring of Kerry in crude spray-painted ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Bernard Flynn: Defence is only place we will see a crowd in the future
The Jackeen may get caught a couple of times with a rubbish spectacle, but he won't keep coming back. It was an utterly shocking game of ... «Irish Mirror, Apr 15»
Pic: There's a very funny edit made to the Wikipedia page of RTE …
Nationwide provides a unique voice for personal interest stories and cultural events around Ireland although one Jackeen messer feels that there's far to much of ... «JOE, Mar 15»
Theatre Review: Breaking Dad
All here to see that jackeen @rossocarolkelly. — Deirdre OShaughnessy (@deshocks) February 11, 2015. Writer, Paul Howard, has given ... «Irish Examiner, Feb 15»
Plenty of causes for pauses on the Wild Atlantic Way
"I'm a jackeen originally and I moved west in 2000, when I started Westport's first dedicated wine and food shop. I started all over again about ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
True Blue or blow in? How much of a Dubliner are you?
You consider the words “Dub” and “Jackeen” to be interchangeable. 24. You pepper your conversation with rural staples such as “arrah”, “well”, ... «Herald.ie, Jan 15»
Ireland has great possibilities Minister tells new citizens
... accent which prompted one Cork well-wisher to say he sounded like “a real jackeen”, the young Tallaght man said: “It's a very important day. «Irish Times, Nov 14»
Tipp TD shows Dail how to put 'Isis' into 'crisis'
It seems Noel got the words 'Jackeen' and 'Jihadist' mixed up. Joking aside, it was no laughing matter later when the TD received death threats ... «Irish Independent, Nov 14»
