Cacks

//kæks// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Trousers. Ireland, plural, plural-only

    "'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.'"

  2. 2
    Underpants. plural, plural-only

    "I hadta strip down t'my cacks. And I just looked attum: 'Ah, hey...Y'know well I don't've any books down my cacks, or up my ass.'"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of cack form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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trousers

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"'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.'"

Etymology

From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.

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