cacks

Trousers.

Noun

  1. Trousers.
    • 'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.' - 2012, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas:
    • They then leap out of the grass, still in their gear, with their helmets on, drag the youngfella inside, rip off his cacks, play with his mickey , and then speed off again on their motorbikes . Saidhbh says that the...
    • "A bunch of grotty wigs, a copy of Death on the Nile I hadn't finished rereading, and a pair of dirty cacks by the washing machine," she lists . - 2024, David Fenne, So Over This:
  2. Underpants.
    • I hadta strip down t'my cacks. And I just looked attum: 'Ah, hey...Y'know well I don't've any books down my cacks, or up my ass.' - 2016, Dan Finn, Likely Story, page 102:

Origin

From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cack

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.