daks pl (plural only)
(Australian, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
daks
plural of dak
• DASK, S.Dak.
Source: Wiktionary
Dak, n. Etym: [Hind. .]
Definition: Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith.
– Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage.
– To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
