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Jakes   /dʒeɪks/   Listen
Jakes

noun
1.
A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.  Synonyms: earth-closet, outhouse, privy.





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"Jakes" Quotes from Famous Books



... met at a cattle market. "Look here," said Hodge to Jakes, "I'll give you six of my pigs for one of your horses, and then you'll have twice as many animals here as I've got." "If that's your way of doing business," said Durrant to Hodge, "I'll give you fourteen of my sheep for a horse, and then you'll have three times as many animals ...
— Amusements in Mathematics • Henry Ernest Dudeney


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