jakeyn.
/ˈdʒeɪki/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪki/, Scottish English /ˈdʒekɪ/ Scottish slang (originally and chiefly Glasgow). Frequently derogatory.
A homeless person or tramp, esp. one who habitually drinks large quantities of cheap, strong alcohol. Cf. jake n.2 1.
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1988 M. Munro Patter: Another Blast 36 Jakey, a slang word for a down-and-out, especially one who obviously drinks lots of jake.
1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Apr. 14 Could he have some white spirit, please?.. The shop manager is dubious but agrees to supply him with a bottle. Until, that is, the jakey asks: ‘And can I have it from the cold shelf, please?’
1998 I. Welsh Filth 112 A young jakey, in filthy, threadbare clathes, holey trainers and sucking on an old purple tin, hopefully holds a styrofoam cup out at me.
2008 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Oct. 17 Does the fact that it's a French martini you're sipping make you any different from the charming jakey sitting across the road with a can of Carlsberg Special?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1988- to set lightly, coldly
- to set lite, a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little , a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little by
- to set little etc by
- to set little nought by
- to set little price of
- to set little price upon
- to set little, more, nought, not, of
- to set little, nought to
- to set lowe to
- to set lunt to
- to set measures to
- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by
- to set nether
- to set no price, littly at
- to set no store or price by