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Definition of Mackintosh
1. Noun. A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric.
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile
Substance meronyms: Mac, Macintosh, Mack
2. Noun. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
Terms within: Macintosh
Specialized synonyms: Oilskin, Slicker
Generic synonyms: Raincoat, Waterproof
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Mackintosh
1. n. A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
Definition of Mackintosh
1. Noun. A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth. ¹
2. Noun. By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. ¹
3. Noun. Waterproof rubberized cloth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mackintosh
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mackintosh
Literary usage of Mackintosh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1905)
"The interesting article on this worthy in the April number brought to my mind
several documents preserved among the mackintosh Writs at Moy Hall in which he ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"On the following morning (October 15) Argyll summoned mackintosh to surrender ; but,
... Before daybreak (October 16) mackintosh transferred his force ..."
3. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"When mackintosh boldly declared in Parliament that in every country the majority
of the inhabitants and property owners " ought to possess the power of the ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1845)
"ESCAPE OF mackintosh AND OTHERS. double lock on the outside, a prisoner in his
own house, so as to obviate any immediate pursuit. ..."
5. Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1874)
"IT is with unfeigned diffidence that we venture to give our opinion of the last
work of Sir James mackintosh. We have in vain tried to perform what ought to ..."
6. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"The supposed '' conversion " of mackintosh to Burke's view of the Revolution was,
as Burke himself allowed, "none at all," but the two men became personal ..."
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