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Meanings of slacks in English

Russian
штаны
Portuguese
calças
Spanish
pantalones
Catalan
pantaló
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Clothing for the legs and lower body.

        штаны
        Synonyms
        Examples for "pants"
        Examples for "pants"
        1
        Yet the actors bring the flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants concentration that the visionary enterprise needs.
        The Guardian
        2
        The legs of the pants were large enough to keep house in.
        Sermons on Biblical Characters
        3
        Every living creature gasps and pants for breath in the scorching heat.
        Stories of California
        4
        Save in deference to your ladyship I probably would have said pants.
        The Harvester
        5
        I always was a seamstress-madepants for the men on the place.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        1
        She asserts, quite trenchantly, her right to wear trousers on State occasions.
        The Irish Times
        2
        And she fetched her head-dress; her trousers; her shoes with red tassels.
        Jacob's Room
        3
        Another strikingly different trend for men are the high-waisted 1950s' style trousers.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The captain ran out of the companionway in his shirt and trousers.
        Stories by English Authors: The Sea
        5
        He sat in trousers and shirt on the side of the bed.
        The Prussian Officer
        1
        I heard the poor boy pant; his breathing became short and hurried.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        2
        He'd roll up one pant leg and point his foot out straight.
        Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
        3
        There he goes up the hill, with one pant-leg in his boot.
        Earth's Enigmas: A Volume of Stories
        4
        Neither the ride nor the run was making him pant like that.
        The Return of Blue Pete
        5
        This was done, and he stopped to pant and blow in safety.
        Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
        Usage of slacks in English
        1
        Looking down, he saw that his cream-colored slacks were now bright red.
        IT
        2
        I wanted to feel the weight and the roll in my slacks.
        86'd: a novel
        3
        He pulled it down and pushed the slacks down over her hips.
        Ten From Infinity
        4
        She looked normal, active, happy, wearing her on-duty leather jacket and slacks.
        Rivers of London
        5
        Shirts and slacks, all were rumpled and worn after years of storage.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        6
        This time, I slide it into the pocket of my khaki slacks.
        Dark Matter
        7
        Frost would never wear dress slacks short enough to flash sock-sodéclassé.
        A kiss of shadows
        8
        Alcee Beck was wearing a jacket and slacks and heavy scuffed boots.
        Dead to the world
        9
        Look at that woman in the turquoise slacks by the craps table.
        Four to score
        10
        He was even wearing a blue Pringle sweater and Burberry patterned slacks.
        Exit wound
        11
        He wore a blue button-down shirt and a nice pair of slacks.
        Leviathan Wakes
        12
        A shirtless Elian in Tommy Hilfigger slacks waving the Stars and Stripes.
        The Irish Times
        13
        If I was going to jump off a bridge I'd wear slacks.
        Hot six
        14
        Unzipping my blue chauffeur's slacks, I pulled them down to my knees.
        86'd: a novel
        15
        A Mexican gentleman very clean groomed in slacks & a red-checked shirt.
        Further adventures
        16
        I smiled serenely and nodded at her tight slacks and skimpy top.
        Pasta Imperfect
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        Translations for slacks
        Portuguese
        calçascalça
        Slacks through the time
        Slacks across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Rare