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Slackers Naval Slang 
n. Halifax, Nova Scotia, so called because of the relatively slack discipline ashore following duty at sea.
- 1945 The war suddenly felt a whole lot closer than it ever had back in "Slackers" or Newfie.
- 1945 The war suddenly felt a whole lot closer than it ever had back in "Slackers" or Newfie.