† slimslackn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who is mentally or physically disabled. Cf. Forby (1825), ‘Slimslacket, of very thin texture, loose and flaccid’.
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slimslack1600
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slimslack1600
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1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 25 These poore slimslacks, who haue need of internal remedies for the restitution of their disturbed braine.
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