Usually means: Manages to make ends meet.
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  1. ekes: Merriam-Webster
  2. ekes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Ekes, ekes: Wordnik
  4. ekes: Wiktionary
  5. ekes: Dictionary.com
  6. ekes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eke)

noun:  (obsolete except British, dialectal) An addition.
noun:  (beekeeping, archaic) A small stand on which a beehive is placed.
noun:  (beekeeping) A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.
verb:  (transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
adverb:  (archaic) Also; in addition to.
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