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jakes
1[ jeyks ]
noun
(usually used with a plural verb)
- an outdoor privy; outhouse.
- a toilet or bedpan.
Jakes
2[ jeyks ]
noun
- John, 1932鈥2023, U.S. novelist noted for historical fiction: pen names include Jay Scotland.
jakes
/ 诲萧别瑟办蝉 /
noun
- an archaic slang word for lavatory
- dialect.human excrement
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jakes1
C16: probably from French Jacques James
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The Division of Wildlife offered the jakes鈥 carcasses to an animal rehabilitation center to feed its raptors.
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"We don't do this every day. Some days we clean out the jakes and pile it on the dung heap."
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In fact, many of his fellow jakes didn鈥檛 know until recently that he had MS.
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鈥淭eenage males, or jakes, that are habituated to people get a bit aggressive.鈥
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Sure, citizens will get to enjoy a substance less harmful than alcohol without worrying about the jakes.
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