jakey

/ ˈdʒeɪkɪ /

noun

1. slang.
   a homeless alcoholic

Word History and Origins

Origin of jakey¹

C20: from jake a tramps' word for a drinker of meths

Example Sentences

The trend started on TikTok and it features "sleepfluencers" like Jakey Boehm and Stanley - aka StanleyMov - who says he makes enough from his occasional sleep streams to pay his rent.

From BBC

"Jakey has been playing unbelievable lately," Anderson said.

From Fox News

“In some ways, he’s still the same old Jakey,” his Aunt Varda told me.

From The Guardian

Justin Blake has been referring to his nephew as “Little Jakey” in media interviews, rejecting the notion that the knife discovered on the driver’s side floorboard of Blake’s vehicle posed a threat dire enough to shoot Jacob seven times in the back.

From Washington Post

She says Jakey was gone when she returned and her father misled her to believe he was dead and not missing.

From Washington Times