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jakes (jāks)

noun

Now Chiefly Dial. an outdoor toilet; privy

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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