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Definition of Slacks
1. Noun. (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear.
Definition of Slacks
1. Noun. (plural of slack) ¹
2. Noun. (pluralonly) Casual trousers. (Takes a plural verb even when singular, may be referred to as a pair of slacks) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of slack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slacks
1. slack [v] - See also: slack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slacks
Literary usage of Slacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1859)
"Colonization of Free slacks. Mr. ALEXANDER of Virginia, moved to lay the resolution
on the table; but withdrew his motion for a moment at the request of Mr. ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1838)
"Mr. Thomas slacks, the inventor of the above ingenious arrangements, ... Mr.
slacks states, that he took the idea of his own machinery solely from the ..."
3. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1838)
"Mr. Thomas slacks, the inventor of the above ingenious arrangements, ... Mr.
slacks states, that he took the idea of his own machinery solely from the ..."
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