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lack-linen

adj

Etymology

From lack + linen.

  1. derived from *līno-✻
  2. derived from *līną✻
  3. inherited from *līnīn✻
  4. inherited from līnen
  5. inherited from lynnen
  6. compounded as lack-linen — “lack + linen”

Definitions

  1. Shirtless

    • I scorn you, scurvy companion. What! / you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen / mate! Away, you mouldy rogue, away!

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