Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jakes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jakes \Jakes\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Jacques, the proper name. See 2d
{Jack}.]
A privy. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jakes
n : a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which
a user can defecate [syn: {outhouse}, {privy}, {earth-closet}]
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