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jane | jake |

As a verb jane

is .

As a noun jake is

collar.

As an interjection jake is

come.

jane

English

Alternative forms

* Jayne, Jaine

Proper noun

(s)
  • ; the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
  • * 1605 William Camden: Remains Concerning Britain . John Russell Smith, 1870. p.103-104:
    • In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane', as it may seem, for that ' Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.
  • * 1830 , Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • People will please their fancies, and every lady has favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. Jane', that queenly name! '''Jane''' Seymour, '''Jane''' Grey, 'the noble ' Jane de Montford;' - - -
  • * 1912 (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope :
    • "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane ; they soon get used to it."
    "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."
  • derived from a (etyl) variant of John.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    (variants and pet forms) * Jan * Janelle * Janet * Janice * Janie * Janine * Janis * Jean * Jeanette * Jeanne * Jeannette * Jenna * Jennie * Jenny * Jessie * Jo * Joan * Joann * Joanna * Jodi * Jodie * Jody * Johanna * Juanita

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman, often specifically a girlfriend
    • What happened to your regular Jane ?

    Alternative forms

    * jane

    Anagrams

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    jake

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  • *1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 126:
  • *:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake .’

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A juvenile male turkey.
  • * 1998 , Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods
    • The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.