Jekkie

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/ˈd͡ʒɛki/

noun

A fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounJekkie (plural Jekkies)

plural Jekkies

  1. slanglifestyleA fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.

    They helped give their audience exactly what they wanted by offering special ticket discounting especially for their "Jekkies", as well as backstage visits with the stars, and more.

    2004, Steven Rivellino, Bright Lights, Big Changes, page 60
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    The show already has a built-in constituency of some 300 “Jekkies,” who trailed Wildhorn's other musical, Jekyll & Hyde, as it wound its way through the country before opening here last May.

    1997 September 8, Rebecca Mead, “Theater Preview”, in New York Magazine, page 72

    So says -- nay, exclaims -- Pat Tortorella, an assistant bank manager from Staten Island who counts herself among the Jekkies, a fervent subculture of people from all over the country who are so enthralled by the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that they see it again and again.

    1997 December 14, “Jekyll Vibes”, in The New York Times

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