Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which slackens; specifically, a rod in a loom for weaving leno or gauze, designed to ease the tension on the warp-threads. Also called
easer and slackner.
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- noun Part of a
loom thatslackens thethreads .
Etymologies
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slacken + -er
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Examples
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Slurpinn & Co., a 1998 jaw-slackener from director Katrin ólafsdóttir, is even more memorable: an absurd, wordless, elaborately choreographed office comedy that's captured by a revolving but otherwise stationary camera without a single edit prior to its bizarre bang of a conclusion.
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