lack-linen

adjective

Shirtless

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Meanings

adjectivelack-linen (comparative more lack-linen, superlative most lack-linen)

comparative more lack-linen · superlative most lack-linen

  1. obsoleteShirtless

    I scorn you, scurvy companion. What! / you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen / mate! Away, you mouldy rogue, away!

    c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 2, scene 4, lines 133–135

Origin

From lack + linen.

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APA

lack-linen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lack-linen

MLA

“lack-linen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lack-linen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lack-linen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lack-linen.

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