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Examples of jake in a Sentence
Adjective
once they hook up the game system, everything will be jake around here
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2024
Putting hen and jake decoys is a popular combo, since mature toms are known to try and steal a hen from a subdominant jake.
—Nancy Jo Adams, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
The 2023 turkey kill included 36,177 adult toms, 5,959 jakes (1-year-old males) and 303 hens.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2023
Today, my ‘flock’ consists of four hens in various postures and a half-strut jake.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
The answer to this problem is to slow cook the drumsticks until the meat falls off the bone—anywhere from 90 minutes for a jake to up to four and a half hours for a really old tom—then shred it away from those nasty tendons.
—Hank Shaw, Outside Online, 1 May 2022
The head jake went over to where Connie and Isaac were.
—J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
The Gobbstopper combo consists of a jake decoy in quarter strut and a submissive hen decoy in breeding position.
—Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2021
The hunters had placed one jake and two hen decoys in the grass.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2020
Noun
His go to decoy setup is a Dave Smith Decoys full-strut jake with a couple hens.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2024
Putting hen and jake decoys is a popular combo, since mature toms are known to try and steal a hen from a subdominant jake.
—Nancy Jo Adams, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
The 2023 turkey kill included 36,177 adult toms, 5,959 jakes (1-year-old males) and 303 hens.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2023
Today, my ‘flock’ consists of four hens in various postures and a half-strut jake.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
The answer to this problem is to slow cook the drumsticks until the meat falls off the bone—anywhere from 90 minutes for a jake to up to four and a half hours for a really old tom—then shred it away from those nasty tendons.
—Hank Shaw, Outside Online, 1 May 2022
The head jake went over to where Connie and Isaac were.
—J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
The Gobbstopper combo consists of a jake decoy in quarter strut and a submissive hen decoy in breeding position.
—Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2021
The hunters had placed one jake and two hen decoys in the grass.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2020
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“Jake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jake. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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