Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A latrine; a privy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A privy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A privy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
privy orlatrine . - noun Plural form of
jake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the beginning of his pamphlet, Harington contends that the slang jakes refers to the Greek Captain Ajax, who upon his suicide morphed into grass.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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In the beginning of his pamphlet, Harington contends that the slang jakes refers to the Greek Captain Ajax, who upon his suicide morphed into grass.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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Hunters can now target beardless turkeys -- hens or juvenile males called jakes -- into the late hunting season, so long as the landowner grants permission.
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We know, from preliminary data analyses of three years of our four-year gobbler study, hunters select the older 'long-beards' over juveniles, or 'jakes', and the two-year-old age class, in particular, are the most vocal, and most readily come to a hunter's call.
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The most effective way to catch trout that i've found is gold any thing gold whether it be a rapala, a tazmanian devil, a spinner, spoons, jakes lures, or kastmasters
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Gobblers, I have hunted this piece of land (400acres) 4 or 5 times and always see jakes and hens, but have yet to hear OR see a | Field & Stream
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If you have hunted this tract more than one year some of those jakes should be 2 year olds and near suicidal.
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Gobblers, I have hunted this piece of land (400acres) 4 or 5 times and always see jakes and hens, but have yet to hear OR see a mature Tom.
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The most effective way to catch trout that i've found is gold any thing gold whether it be a rapala, a tazmanian devil, a spinner, spoons, jakes lures, or kastmasters
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If you have hunted this tract more than one year some of those jakes should be 2 year olds and near suicidal.
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