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mackintosh

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mack·in·tosh also mac·in·tosh  (mkn-tsh)
n. Chiefly British
1. A raincoat.
2. A lightweight, waterproof fabric that was originally of rubberized cotton.
[After Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), Scottish inventor.]
mackintosh or macintosh
Noun
Brit
1. a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
2. any raincoat [after Charles Macintosh, who invented it]
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Noun1.mackintoshmackintosh - a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
macintosh
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
mac, mack, mackintosh, macintosh - a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
2.mackintosh - a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
mac, mack, macintosh
macintosh, mackintosh - a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
oilskin, slicker - a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
raincoat, waterproof - a water-resistant coat
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Spanish mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] n (BRIT) → impermeable m
French mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] n (Brit) → imperméable m
German mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] (Brit) n → Regenmantel m
Italian mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] n → impermeabile m
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Bring down my mackintosh and traveling-cloak, and some stout shoes, though we shall do little walking.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
I pawned my watch, my bicycle, and a mackintosh of which my father had been very proud and which he had left to me.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
"Unless the little man in the plaid mackintosh poured it into the coffee with the milk," she said, "I could not possibly have imbibed it, for I haven't spoken to another soul since we left.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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