jakes

plural jakeses · alternative jacks · alternative jacques · alternative jakes's · alternative jakeses

1. IrelanduncountableusuallyA place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

   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.

   c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]

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   […] Whereas the Truth-finder, having raked out that Jakes his own Mind, and being there capable of tracing no Ray of Divinity, nor any thing virtuous, or good, or lovely, or loving, very fairly, honestly, and logically concludes, that no such things exist in the whole Creation.

   1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 1, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI, page 269

   And the treasures of the floor and walls went raw into the jakeses from my brush and dustpan: sludges, geodes, hair, dead insects and arachnidae, a rubber glove and tainted paper waste, a mouse's skull and tail, a set of used plasters, […]

   1994, Derek Beaven, Newton’s Niece, Fourth Estate, published 1999, page 8

   Synonyms: outhouse, bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet

alternative jacks · alternative jacques · alternative jakes's · alternative jakeses

1. pluralplural of jake

alternative jacks · alternative jacques · alternative jakes's · alternative jakeses

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of jake

plural Jakeses

1. A surname.

1. pluralplural of Jake