daks
daks noun: trousers or underwear. Also the plural of dak.
Noun
daks pl (plural only)
- Trousers or underwear.
- The usual stuff – sports jacket, a couple of pairs of daks, one brown and one grey, three pairs of socks, though I only had need for one sock in the meantime, two white shirts and a decent pair of shoes, though again, only one shoe being useful in my present predicament.2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, published 2008, unnumbered page
- But the pain′s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144
Proper noun capitalized: Daks
Daks
- plural of Dak
Also used as
daks is also the plural of dak.
Forms of daks
| alternative form | dacks |
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Origin of daks
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly created by Alexander Simpson and his business partner Dudley Beck.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.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from daks
Phrases with daks
Questions about daks
- What does daks mean?
- Daks means trousers or underwear.
- What part of speech is daks?
- Daks can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near daks in the dictionary
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