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nutty slack

noun
/ˌnʌti ˈslæk/UK/ˌnʌti ˈslæk/US

Etymology

From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.

  1. inherited from *slakaz✻
  2. inherited from slæc — “slack”
  3. inherited from slak
  4. compounded as nutty slack — “nutty + slack”

Definitions

  1. A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”)

    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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