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English
Etymology
From lack + linen.
Adjective
lack-linen (comparative more lack-linen, superlative most lack-linen)
- (obsolete) Shirtless
c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, act 2, scene 4, lines 133–135:I scorn you, scurvy companion. What! / you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen / mate! Away, you mouldy rogue, away!