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Meaning of jakey | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A homeless drunk.

Scotland

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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