trousers for men or women; esp., trousers that are not part of a suit
The employees typically wear slacks and a suit jacket to work.
The word slacks is defined as a pair of pants.
An example of slacks is the nice pair of pants you put on to go to work.
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Noun
Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of slack
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Sentence Examples
- She was dressed in a pair of light colored slacks, a pale blue blouse and was barefoot.
- While Paul was dressed in jeans and a golf shirt, brother Joseph—never "Joe"—sat stiffly in creased slacks and dress shirt.
- "This is the only good part of the afternoon," he muttered, pulling out a pair of wrinkled slacks and holding them up.
- When the show was over, Dean carefully laid out his new slacks over the back of his chair and reluctantly went to shower—and shave.
- The man, dressed in slacks and sport shirt, was entering the newly renovated Beaumont Hotel.
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