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[ jeyks ] / dʒeɪks /
noun (usually used with a plural verb)Chiefly Dialect.an outdoor privy; outhouse. a toilet or bedpan. Origin of jakes1525–35; <French Jacques, proper name; cf. john Words nearby jakesJainism, Jaipur, Jajapura, Jakarta, jake, jakes, jakey, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt syndrome, Jakobson, Jalalabad Definition for jakes (2 of 2)[ jeyks ] / dʒeɪks /
nounJohn, born 1932, U.S. novelist. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jakesJakes is not alone in believing that your family must stay your family no matter how hurtful or dysfunctional they may be. Should You Divorce Your Family After the Holidays?|Keli Goff|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Jakes says he believes in the axiom that the act of forgiveness is not really a gift to others as much as it is a gift to oneself. Bishop T.D. Jakes on His New Book and Whitney Houston’s Death|Allison Samuels|March 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Jakes has spoken about the issue so much that he decided a full-length book on the art of forgiveness was required. Bishop T.D. Jakes on His New Book and Whitney Houston’s Death|Allison Samuels|March 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Jakes says he shared a short but unique bond with Houston that developed on the set of Sparkle late last year. Bishop T.D. Jakes on His New Book and Whitney Houston’s Death|Allison Samuels|March 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"I've made a few good friends over the years," says Jakes with a laugh on the phone from his Texas home. Inside Jumping the Broom's Surprise Success|Allison Samuels|May 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST Come down at once, and put a bar across, because Jakes must have his supper. Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore Then followed the story of Mrs. Jakes, with all its horror, all the greater from the obscurity of the details. By What Authority?|Robert Hugh Benson Sergeant Jakes, with his stiff stock on, might be preached at for ever, without fetching a blink. Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore By Gosh, that Jakes sure is ole, fer hes been er luggin round these parts with one foot half-buried fer the last ten years. The Liberty Girl|Rena I. Halsey Now you can't imagine Miss Jakes bending; she'd have to stoop.' Franklin Kane|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
British Dictionary definitions for jakes
nounan archaic slang word for lavatory Southwest English dialect human excrement Word Origin for jakesC16: probably from French Jacques James Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to jakesbumpkin, lout, buffoon, clodhopper, boor, hillbilly, hayseed, yokel, hick, dolt, rube, oaf, bucolic, hind, blockhead, yahoo, gawk, chuff, rustic, peasant |