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lack-linen

lack-linen adjective: shirtless.

Adjective

lack-linen (comparative more lack-linen, superlative most lack-linen)

  1. (obsolete) Shirtless
    • I scorn you, scurvy companion. What! / you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen / mate! Away, you mouldy rogue, away!c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 2, scene 4, lines 133–135

Forms of lack-linen

comparativemore lack-linen
superlativemost lack-linen

Origin of lack-linen

From lack + linen.

Questions about lack-linen

What does lack-linen mean?
Lack-linen means shirtless.
What part of speech is lack-linen?
Lack-linen is an adjective.

Words near lack-linen in the dictionary

  1. lack-latin
  2. lack-latins
  3. lack-laughter
  4. lack-learning
  5. lack-life
  6. lack-linen
  7. lack-looks
  8. lack-love
  9. lack-loves
  10. lack-lustre
  11. lack-mind

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