Jakeshouse

noun

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Noun

1
An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse. obsolete
"A dounghill God, […] a God of the jakeshouse."

Synonyms

commons foreign kybo longhouse outhouse petty

Example

"A dounghill God, […] a God of the jakeshouse."

Etymology

From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) + house, to clarify the intended sense.

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