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jakers

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

An expression of surprise or emotion

Ireland, colloquial, dated

Examples

“Be jakers, what are they hushing at—and staring at me as if I wor a Roschicrucian.”
“O jakers, Jenny, says Joe, how short your shirt is!”
“"Jakers, but we worked." With a long breath she shut her eyes. "But it was too much for one woman and a half-grown girl […]"”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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