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Noun: jakes  jeyks
Usage: archaic
  1. An outdoor building with an (often primitive) toilet
    "The old cabin had no indoor plumbing, just a jakes in the back";
    - outhouse, privy, earth-closet, biffy [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: jakeses

Type of: outbuilding

Encyclopedia: Jakes, John