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jakeses

jakeses is the plural of jakes.

Meaning of jakes

Noun

jakes (usually uncountable, plural jakeses)

  1. (Ireland, usually) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
    • 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...

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Questions about jakeses

What is jakeses the plural of?
Jakeses is the plural of jakes.

Words near jakeses in the dictionary

  1. jakes
  2. jakes house
  3. jakes houses
  4. jakes-house
  5. jakes-houses
  6. jakeses
  7. jakeshouse
  8. jakeshouses
  9. Jakester
  10. jakey
  11. jakeys

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