slacks
noun1
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.)
- Discipline, that’s what we need. Discipline. How are we going to win the war without discipline? Do you know, sir, some of these fellows come on parade in slacks - so I’ve been told. Can’t expect to win a war that way. Slacks! My God!1941, Agatha Christie, N or M?:
- 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.1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:
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- For a change, Selina was not in slacks, but in a simple dirndl and sandals.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 60: