Jakes

//d͡ʒeɪks// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. Ireland, uncountable, usually

    "My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him."

  2. 2
    plural of jake form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of jake form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".

Etymology 2

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".

Etymology 3

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".

Etymology 4

From Jake + -s (patronymic suffix).

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