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jakeshouses

jakeshouses is the plural of jakeshouse.

Meaning of jakeshouse

Noun

jakeshouse (plural jakeshouses)

  1. (obsolete) An outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.
    • A dounghill God, […] a God of the jakeshouse.1577, "H.I." translating H. Bullinger as 50 Godlie Sermons, III, v, iii
    Synonyms:
    outhouse

Questions about jakeshouses

What is jakeshouses the plural of?
Jakeshouses is the plural of jakeshouse.

Words near jakeshouses in the dictionary

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

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