daks
See also: Daks
English
Etymology 1
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate Dudley Beck.
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Noun
daks pl (plural only)
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
- 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, published 2008, unnumbered page:
- 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.
- 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144,
- But the pain′s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.
- 2011, Rory Barnes, Space Junk, page 14:
- They were still there the next morning, flapping in the breeze. Filthy, grease stained pair of daks. The crotch half rotted away.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German dahs, from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Dachs, Dutch das.
Noun
daks m
- (Sette Comuni) badger
- Dar daks jaaghet mòize un ghiiren.
- The badger hunts mice and dormice.
References
- “daks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural dakser, definite plural daksene)
- Alternative spelling of dachs
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural daksar, definite plural daksane)
- Alternative spelling of dachs
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdaks/ [ˈdaks]
- Rhymes: -aks
- Syllabification: daks
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