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jakes

[jeyks]

noun (usually used with a plural verb) Chiefly Dialect.

an outdoor privy; outhouse.

a toilet or bedpan.

Origin:
1525–35; < French Jacques, proper name; compare john

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noun

John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.

noun Slang.

a homemade or bootleg liquor made from or infused with Jamaica ginger, especially during Prohibition in the U.S.

Also called jake leg, jake-leg paralysis. paralysis caused by drinking this or other liquor made with denatured alcohol.

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; apparently alteration of jamaica (ginger)

noun

a male given name, form of Jacob.

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jakes (dʒeɪks)

—n
1.	an archaic slang word for lavatory
2.	dialect (Southwest English) human excrement

[C16: probably from French Jacques James]

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jake definition

n.
a toilet; a men's restroom. : The jake is just around the corner.
n.
a stupid person, usually a male. : Some loony jake told me we are going the wrong way.
mod.
okay; satisfactory. : If you get here by nine, it'll be just jake.
n.
illegal liquor. (Prohibition.) : Why, there's no jake around here. There's a law against it, you know.
n.
a police officer. (Possibly from sense 2.) : The jakes are coming. I can hear the sirens.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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