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jakes

1

[ jeyks ]

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)
  1. an outdoor privy; outhouse.
  2. a toilet or bedpan.


Jakes

2

[ jeyks ]

noun

  1. John, 1932–2023, U.S. novelist noted for historical fiction: pen names include Jay Scotland.

jakes

/ dʒeɪks /

noun

  1. an archaic slang word for lavatory
  2. dialect.
    human excrement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jakes1

1525–35; < French Jacques, proper name; john
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jakes1

C16: probably from French Jacques James
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Example Sentences

Rocket teamed up with the Incredible Hulk to overthrow Judson Jakes, a devious mole.

Jakes is not alone in believing that your family must stay your family no matter how hurtful or dysfunctional they may be.

Jakes says he believes in the axiom that the act of forgiveness is not really a gift to others as much as it is a gift to oneself.

Bishop T.D. Jakes says preaching the gospel of forgiveness is a sermon that never gets old or loses its meaning.

Jakes has spoken about the issue so much that he decided a full-length book on the art of forgiveness was required.

An old woman—Molly Jakes, we will call her—died, or was thought to have died, and was buried by the parish.

He pulled back the jerky shaky door of the jakes and came forth from the gloom into the air.

High Street was thronged with people, mostly country-jakes who had come to town with their wagons and buggies for the celebration.

Ellen Mary Jakes exhibited no superiority over her sisters in the matter of throwing a cricket ball.

Sometimes it was Mr. Jakes, a depressed little man whose wife had left him, for no special reason he could discover.

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