jake

jake
jake1
/jayk/, adj. Slang.
satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.
[1895-1900; orig. uncert.]
jake2
/jayk/, n. Slang.
1. a homemade or bootleg liquor made from or infused with Jamaica ginger, esp. during Prohibition in the U.S.
2. Also called jake leg, jake-leg paralysis. paralysis caused by drinking this or other liquor made with denatured alcohol.
[1925-30, Amer.; appar. alter. of JAMAICA (GINGER)]

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