macintosh
noun
a variant of mackintosh.
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macintosh
1 American
[mak-in-tosh]
/ ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /
noun
Macintosh
2
American
[mak-in-tosh]
/ ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /
noun
macintosh
British
/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /
noun
Example Sentences
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It’s called jaw thrust when the head is prepared for the macintosh blade.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
But tonight, he refuses to take off his macintosh even as damp patches begin to spread across it.
From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011
To prevent undue evaporation, the surface also is covered with a thick, shiny skin—a sort of vegetable macintosh, which effectually checks all unnecessary transpiration.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
Covered with white snow over a white macintosh, I met by the coach-house door William, the Sphynx.
From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew
I struck a match every moment, under cover of my macintosh, to see if it were yet half past three.
From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.
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