# daks

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Trousers or underwear.

## Etymology
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly created by Alexander Simpson and his business partner Dudley Beck. Blend of dad + slacks, named after Simeon Simpson, the founder of the company and the American word for informal trousers.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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