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slackeners

slackeners is the plural of slackener.

Meaning of slackener

Noun

slackener (plural slackeners)

  1. One who slackens.
    • His only reference to the envoy who had denounced him is in respect of his conduct when Minister-General of the Franciscans as slackener of the Rule.1902, Anne Macdonell, Sons of Francis, page 391
  2. Part of a loom that slackens the threads.

Questions about slackeners

What is slackeners the plural of?
Slackeners is the plural of slackener.

Words near slackeners in the dictionary

  1. slacken
  2. slacken off
  3. slackened
  4. slackened off
  5. slackener
  6. slackeners
  7. slackenest
  8. slackeneth
  9. slackening
  10. slackening off
  11. slackenings

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