buckeen??

[pinkcowprint]

Does anybody know what this saying means,'whos my buckeen?'My partner said his irish grandad used to say it to him all the time whenever he saw him and we wondered what it actually meant.Im not sure if ive spelt it right.thanks if you can shed any light!!!

[jan1956]

just googled buckeen and came up with
buckeen (Grose 1811 Dictionary)
buckeen
A bully. Irish.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:6X_uEkD6l e8J:www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/b/ buckeen.html+buckeen&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1

[pinkcowprint]

Hi,thanks for that i never even thought to do that!!!doh!!

[bookermel]

Not necessarily a bully. It's also an afficionate term for a young boy it implys a "sturdy young buck" ie male. 'een' would be an anglisized form but is added to the end of a word where youth is implied. Not unusual from a doting grandparent.