zack

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

Pronunciation

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Noun

zack (plural zacks)

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

References

  • Dalzell, Tom et al. (2008) The Consise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, rev. ed. edition, London and New York: Routledge, page 717

German

Pronunciation

Verb

zack

  1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of zacken.
  2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of zacken.
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