See slack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1858, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Votes & Proceedings, page 1020:",
"text": "Richardson states that a low joint, a short distance from Haslam's Creek Bridge, was, in his opinion, the cause of the accident. […] [He] told Morgan, the Permanent Way Inspector, that there was a \"slack\" in the road on the Parramatta side of Haslam's Creek Bridge, […] I can positively state […] There was no such slack. The road was in as good running condition as I would wish to see any road. On all lines of course there are slacks, but not slacks of a serious nature; and that there was any such slack or depression in the rails as spoken of by Richardson I positively deny.",
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"text": "a road may be kept up to approximately the same level at all times, and a fair surface maintained by rolling in large patches occasionally, as well as opening slacks in the road when they appear and effecting petty repairs. […] a series of slacks will begin to show in the run of the wheels; or […]",
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"text": "[…] to make good the voids under the sleeper […] to take out \"slacks\" in the rail level […]",
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"text": "Cauldstane Slap, or rather Slack, is a much frequented pass, through which the periodical droves of black cattle are transported into England.",
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"ref": "1837, James Hogg, The hunt of Eildon. The adventures of Basil Lee. Adam Bell. Duncan Campbell. An old soldier's tale. Katie Cheyne. The long pack. A country funeral. The shepherd's calendar, page 249:",
"text": "... for they had at that time observed the side of the brae, where the little green slack was situated, covered with a sheet of flame for a moment.",
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"text": "Then she became a gay grey mare, / And stood in yonder slack; And he became a gilt saddle, / And sat upon her back.",
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"text": "The great interest of the sandhills is the slacks. They are more frequent in some parts than in others, for there are miles where the hollows are all sand and stargrass. But every here and there the hills have receded and formed a little flat valley, where there is something like soil, and where the rain lodges and the mosses grow. This is a \"slack;\" and in the Lancashire slacks may be found some of the most beautiful […] flowers.",
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"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Conrad Riker, Fishing: A Comprehensive Exploration, Conrad Riker:",
"text": "Modern \"moonpreneurs\" now hijack tidal slacks to power server farms in Nova Scotia barns, mining Bitcoin during low tides when electricity costs crater.",
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"text": "At that time, it was customary for male college students in Peking to wear long gowns. With a pair of slacks and leather shoes, plus a scarf in the winter, Shu looked very handsome. I tried to wear the gown for two days, and gave it up because I found it difficult to reach the slack pockets under it.",
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{
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{
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{
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"lang_code": "nl",
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},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
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},
{
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"lang_code": "de",
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"word": "trödelig"
},
{
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"lang_code": "de",
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"word": "schlampig"
},
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"lang_code": "de",
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},
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"lang_code": "ga",
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{
"_dis1": "16 12 1 0 38 7 6 5 15",
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"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "nébrežen",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "не́брежен"
},
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"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
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},
{
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"code": "mi",
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"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "waimate"
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"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "گوشك"
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{
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "damarsız",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "طمرسز"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "nebréžnyj",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "небре́жный"
},
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"code": "gd",
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"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "dìomhain"
}
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