jake

jake
I
Australian Slang
1. break;
2. all right: 'She'll be jake, mate; everything's jake now';
3. toilet (16th C. 'jakes', from the name Jakes, Jacques)
II
Jamaican Slang Glossary
Terms Jamaicans use to yell and call out when they see white Americans. Hey Jake!
III
Mawdesley Glossary
1. Cheap Cider
2. jakie
A tramp

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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