jakes

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(jāks)

noun

Now Chiefly Dial. an outdoor toilet; privy

Origin: < Jacques (see jack): cf. John

See jakes in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
Chiefly British (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A latrine; a privy.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from French Jacques, James, Jack; see Jack 

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