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slackener

noun

Etymology

From slacken + -er.

  1. inherited from slakenen
  2. suffixed as slackener — “slacken + er”

Definitions

  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.

  2. Part of a loom that slackens the threads.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA