buckeen
/bʌˈkin/
noun
- A young man from a lower social class who tries to act like a gentleman or aristocrat, often in an exaggerated or pretentious way.
- The local buckeen strutted around the village square, imitating the landlord's mannerisms.
- In the novel, the buckeen spends his last coins on a fancy coat to impress the gentry.
- My grandfather used to call any show-off young man a buckeen.
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