jakeloo

English

Etymology

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Adjective

jakeloo (comparative more jakeloo, superlative most jakeloo)

1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) Fine, excellent.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 190:

     ‘If it's the way you say it is, everything is jakeloo.’