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Definition of Cooke, Jay in US English: Cooke, Jayproper nounko͝okko͝ok (1821–1905), US financier. He was the founder of Jay Cooke and Company, a leading Philadelphia bank, in 1861; his sale of bonds helped to finance the Civil War, and his financing of western railroads precipitated the Panic of 1873. Definition of Cooke, Jay in US English: Cooke, Jayproper nounko͝ok (1821–1905), US financier. He was the founder of Jay Cooke and Company, a leading Philadelphia bank, in 1861; his sale of bonds helped to finance the Civil War, and his financing of western railroads precipitated the Panic of 1873. |