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Definition of Slackest
1. slack [adj] - See also: slack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slackest
Literary usage of Slackest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1908)
"Upper curve shows CS belt at its slackest, delivering 4o% more power than the
untreated belt at point of greatest tension, and with relief at all points. ..."
2. The Public Organisation of the Labour Market: Being Part Two of the Minority by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1909)
"On the other hand, January shows iron-mining and the furnishing trades to be at
their slackest; in February (contrary to popular belief) the plumbers have ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1900)
"He told me that the University corps was the slackest in England, that Oxford
was slacker than Cambridge, that our company was the slackest in Oxford, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"At length it was put forth that on our slackest evening in the week, and at our
slackest time of that evening betwixt trains, Our Missis would give her ..."
5. Unemployment: A Problem of Industry by William Henry Beveridge Beveridge (1912)
"about two-thirds of the minimum number employed on the slackest day, and less
than half of the average number. For 1904 the corresponding figures were: ..."
6. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1874)
"Kneel, when I bid you, the slackest wench in this • - town ! [Here they kneel
down to sing all ... Abra is slackest- and Mido is quickest.] THE FIRST SONG. ..."
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