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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buckeen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
buc-k-een
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

buckeens (plural)

Questions

What does buckeen mean?
a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
Where does buckeen come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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