nutty slack

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/    美 /ˌnʌti ˈslæk/|[-ɾi-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. UK,historical,uncountable
    — Mr. Nabarro asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the calorific value of nutty slack currently being marketed to domestic consumers, ration-free, by the National Coal Board, compared with normal house coals; what quantity of nutty slack is to be available, in total, during the present coal-winter; the market response to date; how much nutty slack it is estimated will be sold this winter; and whether nutty slack is to be a permanent, ration-free feature of our domestic fuel economy.

词源

From nutty (“containing nuts”) + slack.
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