What does act the jinnet mean?

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act the jinnet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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"She was only codding. Or ‘acting the jinnet’ as his da called it. Man, dear, but your mother’s an awful woman for acting the jinnet,’ he’d say."

acts the jinnet (present, singular) acting the jinnet (participle, present) acted the jinnet (participle, past) acted the jinnet (past)

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