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zack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /zak/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /zæk/ (General-American)

Etymology

Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

Meanings

  1. (Australia) Sixpence.
    • "Strewth, Dad! It's not worth a zack!" said Barry. 2014, Frank E. Burdett, The Purple Tree: The Queensland Outback in the 1860s:
  2. (Australia, rare) Five cents.
  3. (Australia) A six-month or six-year prison sentence.

Forms

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zac alternative lexicographic
zacks Number=Plur lexicographic