mackintosh

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Once Dick suggested that she take his oilskins, as her mackintosh was worth no more than paper in such a storm.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A raincoat.
  2. noun Chiefly British A lightweight, waterproof fabric that was originally of rubberized cotton.

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  • A gentleman in a mackintosh will be there pretending to botanize in the iron railings One of my myrmidons. —  A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 01: 1934
  • When she came back from letting him out she took notice that my mackintosh was gone fom the hall stand. —  The Case of William Smith - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 14: 1948
  • There were little digs at the ever-present mackintosh, the detective stories, his dentures which he had hitherto held to be quite secret, the purchase of the too small panama hat. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
  • A little figure draped in a mackintosh is not a model for an artist That's very becoming, young one," said Archie. —  Cricket at the Seashore
  • It is only a few stops; she won't get wet Polly was a quaint little figure in the long mackintosh, and it tripped her feet once or twice, until the doctor drew it from her and threw it across his arm The thunder had been lighter for some minutes; but as they halted at the entrance before going out a tremendous crash jarred the building Not afraid, Thistledown?" —  Polly of the Hospital Staff
 

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  1. After Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), Scottish inventor.

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  1. Also macintosh; so named from Charles Mackintosh, the inventor.
 

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/ˈmækɪntɑʃ/
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