Dictionary

jakes en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒeɪks/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".

Meanings

1. (Ireland, uncountable, usually) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
   • […] Whereas the Truth-finder, having raked out that Jakes his own Mind, and being there capable of tracing no Ray of Divinity, nor any thing virtuous, or good, or lovely, or loving, very fairly, honestly, and logically concludes, that no such things exist in the whole Creation. 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 1, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI, page 269:
   • My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
   • And the treasures of the floor and walls went raw into the jakeses from my brush and dustpan: sludges, geodes, hair, dead insects and arachnidae, a rubber glove and tainted paper waste, a mouse's skull and tail, a set of used plasters, […] 1994, Derek Beaven, Newton’s Niece, Fourth Estate, published 1999, page 8:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of jake
   form of jake

Forms

Deriveds

jakeshouse

Synonyms

shitter · cludgie · urination station · teahouse · cloaca · lav · comfort room · shield · netty · closet of decency · lavabo · house of office · geography · facilities · johnny · jacques · crapper · bathroom · kocay · throne room · closet of ease · outhouse · karzy · closet · necessary · wardrobe · privy · office of ease · john · tearoom · amenities · small room · bogger · dunny · carsey · loo · lats · House of Lords · vault · water closet · withdraught · latrine · CR · toilet · potty · necessary place · lavvy · office · khazi · six · urinal · purging place · thunderbox · dike · bog · brasco · lavatory · smallest room · usual offices · toilet room · siege · jacks · WC · washroom · neddy · ladies and gentlemen · can · place · necessary room · jakes · cottage · restroom · necessarium

jakes en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒeɪks/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of jake
   form of jake

Forms