jakes

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The population of jakes is above average and that of the vocal two-year-old old gobblers is average.

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  1. plural noun Chiefly British A latrine; a privy.

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  • Mon, 03 / 02 / 2009 - 19: 21 - jakes or do columnists only suck up some of the "entertainer's" cash flow thus remaining unscathed? ha ha ha ... —  Crooks and Liars
  • 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. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • Due to the below-average reproduction last summer, the harvest of jakes will be low. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • It will be excellent for all age-classes of gobblers, except jakes, as a result of below-average reproduction last year. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • The population of jakes is above average and that of the vocal two-year-old old gobblers is average. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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  1. Perhaps from French Jacques, James, Jack; see jack.

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  1. The occurrence of dial.johnny, a jakes—“also called Mrs. Jones by country people” (Halliwell), with dial, tom, a close-stool, suggests that jakes was orig. Jake's or Jack's, a humorous euphemism: see jack.
 

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