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[ slaks ] / slæks /
noun (used with a plural verb)men's or women's trousers for informal wear. Origin of slacksFirst recorded in 1815–25; slack1 + -s3 Words nearby slacksslacken, slacker, slack-jawed, slack-key, slack off, slacks, slack suit, slacktivism, slack water, slag, slag cement Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slacksSitting at the desk was a man in his mid- to late 40s, balding, conventionally dressed in slacks and an Oxford shirt, no tie. Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research|Ridley Pearson|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The corollary being, if she slacks off, even a teensy bit, anything that goes wrong is her fault. Medicine Bedevils Pregnant Women With Too Many Warnings About Risk|Lenore Skanazy|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST There were the bodies of fourteen men, dressed in bloodied djellabahs or in shirts and slacks. U.N. Ambassador Designate Samantha Power’s Greatest Journalistic Hits|Caitlin Dickson|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST Amongst other things I sent home my 'slacks,' and never wore them again in France. Q.6.a and Other places|Francis Buckley
Lorinda, in slacks and an old sweater, was so engrossed in feeding the flames that she did not hear when her name was called. Whispering Walls|Mildred A. Wirt Frederick entered the Mess with a decided sea-roll, hitched his slacks and berthed himself on the starboard settee. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 24, 1920.|Various "Of course I shall put in a claim for the slacks," I murmured. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920|Various He was on horseback, in slacks and in his shirt-sleeves; to live in one's shirt sleeves is a very common custom this weather. At Ypres with Best-Dunkley|Thomas Hope Floyd
British Dictionary definitions for slacks
pl ninformal trousers worn by both sexes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slacksabate, decrease, diminish, dodge, drop off, dwindle, ease, flag, goof off, idle, lax, lessen, let up, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk |