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jake

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jake  (jk)
adj. Slang
Suitable or satisfactory; fine.
[Origin unknown.]
jake [dʒeɪk]
adj Austral and NZ slang
1. satisfactory; all right
she's jake everything is under control
[probably from the name Jake]
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I travelled in the care of a mountain boy, Jake Marpole, one of the `hands' on my father's old farm under the Blue Ridge, who was now going West to work for my grandfather.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
The boy could see her standing with the doorknob in her hand talking to someone within, no doubt to old Jake Trunnion, her father.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
I tote water for Uncle Jake whenever he wants me to, and any time I ask him he gives me a little something to eat if he can spare it.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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