jakey

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noun

A homeless drunk.

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Meanings

nounjakey (plural jakeys or jakies)

plural jakeys · plural jakies

  1. ScotlandA 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
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APA

jakey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jakey

MLA

“jakey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jakey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jakey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jakey.

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