nutty slack
Syllables: nut·ty slack/ˌnʌti ˈslæk/US/ˌnʌti ˈslæk/
nutty slack noun: a cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
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Noun
nutty slack (uncountable)
- A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
- Mr. Nabarro asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the calorific value of nutty slack currently being marketed to domestic consumers, ration-free, by the National Coal Board, compared with normal house coals; what quantity of nutty slack is to be available, in total, during the present coal-winter...1953 February 2, Gerald Nabarro, Member of Parliament for Kidderminster, “Nutty Slack”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons Official Report (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)...
Origin of nutty slack
From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.
Words that rhyme with nutty slack
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- plaque
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- thwack
- pac
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- bivouac
- cack
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- gack
- lack
- smack
- unpack
- wrack
- aback
- flak
- hark back
- mack
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- quack
- shellac
- snack
- yak
- Aach
- ack
- gak
- mac
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- alack
- awrack
- brach
- cac
- Cayman Brac
- Chiraq
- cook back
- craic
- diclofenac
- dictionary attack
- dime back
Questions about nutty slack
- What does nutty slack mean?
- Nutty slack means a cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.
- What part of speech is nutty slack?
- Nutty slack is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nutty slack?
- Nutty slack is pronounced /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/ (UK).
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