Jakes
Jakes noun - A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
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Schlemiel
Schlemiel noun - (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler.
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Schlemiel and Jakes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/jakes/schlemiel
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