daks

British

/ dæks /

plural noun

an informal name for trousers

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Etymology

Origin of daks

from a brand name

Example Sentences

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The Sanitary Processional had completed the daily ritual of waste disposal and the cart drivers and censer bearers were goading their patient daks into a faster gait.

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From Baltal the distances are determined by means of daks, i.e., postal stations for mail service.

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