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.