buckeen
noun
buck·een
\ˌbəˈkēn\
Definition of buckeen
-s
chiefly Irish
: a rather shabby young dandy after college he lived for some years the life of a buckeen — W. M. Thackeray
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Origin and Etymology of buckeen
1buck + -een
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