name
Meaning 1
plural of Dak
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
daks
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noun
Meaning 2
Trousers or underwear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, plural, plural-only
Examples
- 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144, But the pain′s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.
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noun
Meaning 3
plural of dak
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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History
Etymology
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly created by Alexander Simpson and his business partner Dudley Beck. Blend of dad + slacks, named after Simeon Simpson, the founder of the company and the American word for informal trousers.
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