backake

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A form of backache — Any pain or ache in the back.

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Meanings

nounbackake (countable and uncountable, plural backakes)

plural backakes

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of backache.

    Must get som supplys & som backake ointmint.

    2010, Joel Greenberg, Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing, →ISBN
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    At 3 o'clock I went to Lady Anne, and (considering her distemper) found her very well, without any headake, backake, or fever.

    1847, Camden Miscellany - Volume 39, page 8

    Was referd to me, because of her obstinate constipation along with a continual backake that made her lie down several times daily.

    1934, George Starr White, The Emancipation of Women: Or Regulating the Duration of the Menses

Origin

From back + ake.

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Cite this entry
APA

backake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backake

MLA

“backake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backake.

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