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** English
*** Pronunciation
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*** Noun
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*** Noun
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1. [en] Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of a suit but nowadays are considered suitable casualwear in most offices. (Takes a plural verb even when referring to a single pair; may be referred to as a pair of slacks.)
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3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1957 | author=w:J. D. Salinger | chapter=Zooey | year_published=1961 | title=w:Franny and Zooey
|passage=Not five minutes later, Zooey, with his hair combed wet, stood wet,
stood barefoot at the washbowl, wearing a pair of beltless dark-gray sharkskin
SLACKS, a face towel across his bare shoulders.}}
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**** Usage notes
The term is old-fashioned and now used mostly by older people and as applied
primarily to women's trousers within traditional quarters of the U.S.
clothing industry. (The term was never common in British English.) Despite
being no longer considered leisurewear, they are still defined as casual
trousers by all major American and British dictionaries.
**** Translations
[Semi-formal trousers not part of a suit]
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