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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   sake (Japanese rice wine) countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   A person who is sacked from a job.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Okinawan 酒 (さき, saki). Doublet of sake.

Etymology 2

From sack + -ee.

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