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macintosh

1 American  
[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. a variant of mackintosh.


Macintosh 2 American  
[mak-in-tosh] / ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. Charles, 1766–1843, Scottish chemist, inventor, and manufacturer.


macintosh British  
/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of mackintosh

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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

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.

I would ask you,' said Baron Huchenard, slowly unbuttoning his macintosh as he spoke, and drawing the three documents out of a large envelope, 'to observe this.'

From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by Verrall, A. W. (Arthur Woollgar)

It felt chill, I had only a sheet, and had to make a light and range the house for a cover—I found one in the hall, a macintosh.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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