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Jakes
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- 1 A surname.
- 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 plural of jake form-of, plural
- 3 a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate wordnet
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of jake form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
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".
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".
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".
From Jake + -s (patronymic suffix).
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