From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks.
Meanings
(Ireland, plural, plural-only) Trousers.
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 lads are going to wait for them to come and then kick the living shit out of their queer arses, especially Heno, coz his younger brother, Basho, came home three weeks ago with no cacks on and wouldn't say anything to anyone about how he lost them. 2013, Kevin Maher, The Fields:
"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:
'Timothy,' pronounced the gargoyliest, 'Cavendish, I presume. Caught with your cacks down.' 2012, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas:
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: