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jakes

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5 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒeɪks/Part of speech nounSorted aejksStarts with JEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

Word origin

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".

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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