jakes

jakes

J0011300 (jāks)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Chiefly British A latrine; a privy.

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[Perhaps from French Jacques, James, Jack; see jack.]

jakes

(dʒeɪks) n1. an archaic slang word for lavatory2. dialect Southwest English human excrement[C16: probably from French Jacques James]

jakes

(dʒeɪks)

n. (usu. with a sing. v.) Chiefly Dial. 1. a privy; outhouse. 2. a toilet. [1525–35; < French Jacques, proper name; compare john]

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jakes - a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecateearth-closet, outhouse, privyoutbuilding - a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

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