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I came across the expression from the following dialogue.

After a boy told an old man with this sentence.

しっかりしねえか おっちゃん! いったい なにがあったんだ きょう!

The old man punched him at the face and said this sentence.

やかましい つべこべぬかすな てめえなんざ けぇっちまえーっ

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けぇっちまえーっ means 帰{かえ}っちまえ. けえる is a working-class accent of かえる in Tokyo. It is 東京下町ことば. A sound of "ai" changes to that of "ee" in that accent in some words such as ちげーねー(違いない), でぇーこん(だいこん). http://www.muse.dti.ne.jp/~squat/tokyoben.htm

「~ ちまえ」is a rough way of saying 「~ てしまえ」. So けぇっちまえーっ is something like "Just get out!".

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  • 正確には"ai"→"ee"になるんじゃないかと思います Commented Mar 10, 2021 at 10:49
  • ありがとうございます。訂正します。 Commented Mar 10, 2021 at 11:26
  • These sound changes are also mentioned in my answer to this question.
    – Earthliŋ
    Commented Mar 10, 2021 at 13:11
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    「~ まえ」のところが「~ てしまえ」ということは、言わなくていいんでしょうか。
    – chocolate
    Commented Mar 10, 2021 at 16:06
  • そうですね。付け加えた方が親切ですね。 Commented Mar 11, 2021 at 4:07

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