mackintosh
1 Americannoun
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a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
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such cloth.
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Chiefly British. any raincoat.
noun
noun
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a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth
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such cloth
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any raincoat
noun
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Sir Cameron ( Anthony ). born 1946, British producer of musicals and theatre owner; his productions include Cats (1981), Les Misérables (1985), Miss Saigon (1987), and My Fair Lady (2001)
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Charles Rennie. 1868–1928, Scottish architect and artist, exponent of the Art Nouveau style; designer of the Glasgow School of Art (1896)
Other Word Forms
- mackintoshed adjective
Etymology
Origin of mackintosh
1830–40; after Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), its inventor
Example Sentences
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“She wore what she was told without argument, apart from a long, drab mackintosh that she loathed,” Crawford wrote in her controversial memoir, “The Little Princesses.”
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022
She was doing a fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in the mid-2010s when she saw a red mackintosh from the 1960s.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 2, 2021
Only a few days later, John Galliano debuted what he called an “artisanal” men’s wear collection for Margiela: Electric blue vinyl pants and vampy décortiqué boots were juxtaposed against a Japonisme mackintosh coat.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2019
Dithering at the counter, he was viewed with sympathy by an elderly woman wearing a mackintosh, scarf and dark glasses.
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2013
He paused, pulled on his long black coat, which had hung in the front hall, incongruous beside Mr. Frost’s tweed jacket and fawn mackintosh.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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