backake

English

Etymology

back +‎ ake

Noun

backake (countable and uncountable, plural backakes)

  1. (obsolete) Rare spelling of backache.
    • 1847, Camden Miscellany - Volume 39, page 8:
      At 3 o'clock I went to Lady Anne, and (considering her distemper) found her very well, without any headake, backake, or fever.
    • 1934, George Starr White, The Emancipation of Women: Or Regulating the Duration of the Menses:
      Was referd to me, because of her obstinate constipation along with a continual backake that made her lie down several times daily.
    • 2010, Joel Greenberg, Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing, →ISBN:
      Must get som supplys & som backake ointmint.
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