jakeshouse

See also: jakes-house and jakes house

English

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Etymology

From jakes (“outhouse; lavatory”) +‎ house, to clarify the intended sense.[1]

Noun

jakeshouse (plural jakeshouses)

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

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References
  1. "jakes, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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