Etymology

buckeen

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Today it means: a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy. Full definition →

First used 18th c.Irish boicín
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromboicín
  2. English todaybuckeen

From Irish boicín, the diminutive of boc. Equivalent to buck + -een.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

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