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Dalk vs Dack - What's the difference?

dalk | dack |

As a noun dalk

is a pin; brooch; clasp.

As a verb dack is

to pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.

dalk

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dalke, dalk, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pin; brooch; clasp

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps a diminutive of (dale), (dell).

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow or depression.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 120:
  • *:On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk , Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

    • dack

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australia, informal) To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.