jake 1
/jayk/ , adj. Slang.
satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.
[ 1895-1900; orig. uncert. ]
jake 2
/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) ]