Associations to the word «Jakes»

Wiktionary

JAKES, noun. (dated) A privy or latrine.
JAKES, noun. Plural of jake
JAKES, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

JAKES, noun. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca