jakes

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Definition of jakes in English English dictionary

A privy or latrine

whereas the truth-finder, having raked out that jakes, his own mind, and being there capable of tracing no ray of divinity, nor anything virtuous or good, or lovely, or loving, very fairly, honestly, and logically concludes that no such things exist in the whole creation.

plural form of jake

{n} a house of office, boghouse, laystall

A privy

A latrine; a privy

Turkish pronunciation

ceyks

Pronunciation

/ˈʤāks/ /ˈʤeɪks/

Etymology

[ 'jAks ] (noun plural but singular or pl.) 1538. perhaps from French Jacques James.