Can I use the jacks?

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Can I use the jacks is Irish slang for the everyday Irish way to ask if you can use someone's toilet.

In use

Howya missus, can I use the jacks? I'm burstin.

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Lawrence Muck

How do you do? Would you like me to translate 'Can I use the jacks?' in use for you?

Good afternoon, madam. Might I avail myself of your lavatory? I am in some urgency.

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What does can I use the jacks mean in Ireland?

The everyday Irish way to ask if you can use someone's toilet.

How do you use can I use the jacks in a sentence?

“Howya missus, can I use the jacks? I'm burstin.”

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