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Jacky¹

proper noun Jackey · Jackie · Jacqui

  1. A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.

noun Jackies · Jackey · Jackie · Jacqui

  1. Australia, ethnic, offensive, slur An Aboriginal.

    Similar: abo, boong

jacky²

  • /ˈd͡ʒæki/

Sounds like Jackie

noun jackies

  1. countable, derogatory, slang A sailor. Up and down that street on a bright Saturday afternoon may be seen our Middle Western jackies chumming with the British sailors and Tommies, or flirting with the Irish girls, or gazing through the little panes of the show-windows […]
  2. UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable English gin. I've snuff, and tobacky, / And excellent jacky.

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name diminutive of the female given name

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@misc{jacky_2026,
  title = {jacky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jacky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}