nutty slack

== English == === Etymology === From nutty (“containing nuts”) +‎ slack. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/, [-ɾi-] Rhymes: -æk Hyphenation: nut‧ty slack === Noun === nutty slack (uncountable) (UK, historical) A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === coal dust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “nutty slack, n.” under “nutty, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2022. “nutty slack, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.