slacks

[ slaks ]
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noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. men's or women's trousers for informal wear.

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Origin of slacks

1
First recorded in 1815–25; slack1 + -s3

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How to use slacks in a sentence

  • She was a dark woman who might have been thirty years old, and who wore a white shirt and slacks.

    The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond Hamilton
  • His normal attire was T-shirt, cotton slacks, sometimes the T-shirt covered by a shirt, flannel or cotton shirt.

    Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • I changed clothes to a suit from slacks, and went to the house of my babysitter.

    Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • He was of medium height, stockily built, inconspicuously dressed in a blue short-sleeved tunic, gray slacks and sandals.

    The Sensitive Man | Poul William Anderson
  • A slender young man in a green jacket and cream-colored slacks was standing near the foot of the gangplank.

    The Five Arrows | Allan Chase

British Dictionary definitions for slacks

slacks

/ (slæks) /


pl n
  1. informal trousers worn by both sexes

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