macintosh
1 Americannoun
noun
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
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
In all serious illness a piece of macintosh should be placed under the sheet, as is done in the lying-in room, and a draw-sheet, as it is termed, over it.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles
The weather is lovely now, but I shouldn't care about sleeping in the boat in a rainstorm, even under a macintosh.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert
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