act the jinnet

English

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Verb

act the jinnet (third-person singular simple present acts the jinnet, present participle acting the jinnet, simple past and past participle acted the jinnet)

  1. (Ireland) Alternative form of act the jennet
    • 2012 July 12, Pat McCabe, The Dead School‎, page 3:
      She was only codding. Or ‘acting the jinnet’ as his da called it. Man, dear, but your mother’s an awful woman for acting the jinnet,’ he’d say.
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