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Jakes

reviewed by irishgit

irishgit
11/03/2009

Jakes 3

My father used to use this word (along with a few others less appropriate to polite company)

As far as I can tell it has origins in Irish and British slang, and I've seen it used in some writings from the 1880's and '90's.

Since there is a decent bar in my town, called Jake's Place, which actually has a guy called Jake behind the stick, I've always been tempted to walk into Jake's and ask Jake if I can use the Jakes.

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Astromike commented 33 days ago.
(Edited 33 days ago)
Hmmm never heard this one, and my middle name is Jacob. Thankfully around here noone that knows my midle name has called me "Jakes" yet.
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