mackintosh
noun
a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
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MackintoshnounCharles Rennie 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
mackintosh
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[mak-in-tosh]
/ ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /
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macintosh
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a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
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such cloth.
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Chiefly British. any raincoat.
Mackintosh
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[mak-in-tosh]
/ ˈmæk ɪnˌtɒʃ /
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mackintosh
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British
/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /
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a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth
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such cloth
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any raincoat
Mackintosh
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British
/ ˈmækɪnˌtɒʃ /
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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)
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Etymology
Origin of mackintosh
1830–40; after Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), its inventor
Explanation
A mackintosh is a kind of raincoat. If you have to walk your dog in the pouring rain, you may want to wear a mackintosh. You may think of a particular brand of computer or a piece of fruit when you see the word mackintosh, but those are spelled differently. Mackintosh is the name for a long, waterproof jacket, particularly in the U.K. The word is sometimes used for other waterproof items, like a mackintosh hat, and it's often abbreviated as mac. In 1823, a Scot named Charles Macintosh invented a waterproofing process, and the word (spelled both with and without a "k") stuck.
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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
"I think it's the coat," she says as yet another blogging fashionista takes a snap of her canary yellow Burberry mackintosh.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011
Using utilitarian or techno fabrics, like mackintosh waterproofs, cashmere compacted with thermal material and leather bonded with flannel, the streamlined collection keeps its revolution inside the peacoats, bomber jackets and car coats.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2011
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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