wake and bake

wake and bake
 v. phr.— «The day’s already half gone, and Carlos, who sheepishly admits he’s a wake-and-bake sort of guy, hasn’t done much today but blaze blunts with his “boys”—fellow gang members—as the rain came down for the first time in weeks.» —“Bangin’ in L-Dub” by Jeff Stratton Broward-Palm Beach New Times (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Apr. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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