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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1929

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SLACK, n.3 An aptitude, skill, the ability to do something well, talent, usu. of manual skills, a knack (Ork. 1970). [slɑk]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
He has a grand slack o' playing the fiddle. He has no slack o' ploughing ava'.

[Poss. an altered form with prothetic s of Norw. lag in phr. ha godt lag med, have the knack of.]

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