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Mackintosh

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Mack·in·tosh  (mkn-tsh), Charles Rennie 1868-1928.
Scottish architect whose influential art nouveau designs emphasized elegant, clearly articulated, and rational forms.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Mackintoshmackintosh - a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
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
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
Translations
mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] n (BRIT) → impermeable m

mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] n (Brit) → imperméable m

mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] (Brit) nRegenmantel m

mackintosh [ˈmækɪntɔʃ] nimpermeabile m

mackintosh
n mackintosh [ˈmӕkintoʃ]
a waterproof overcoat, especially made of plastic material. reënjas مِعْطَف واقٍ من المَطَر шлифер nepromokavý plášť regnfrakke der Gummimantel αδιάβροχο impermeable vihmamantel پالتوی بارانی sadetakki imperméable מְעִיל גֶשֶם बरसाती vodootporni ogrtač, kišna kabanica esőkabát jas hujan regnfrakki impermeabile レーンコート 방수 외투 neperšlampamas apsiaustas lietusmētelis baju hujan regenjas regnfrakk płaszcz nieprzemakalny, prochowiec impermeável impermeabil непромокаемый плащ nepremokavý plášť gumiran dežni plašč nepromočivi mantil regnrock, regnkappa เสื้อกันฝน yağmurluk 雨衣 макінтош, непромокальний плащ برساتی ، بارانی áo đi mưa 橡皮


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Bring down my mackintosh and traveling-cloak, and some stout shoes, though we shall do little walking.
I pawned my watch, my bicycle, and a mackintosh of which my father had been very proud and which he had left to me.
"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.
 
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