Crossword clues for mackintosh
mackintosh
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mac \mac\ n. Shortened form of mackintosh, a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
Syn: mackintosh, mac, mack.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
waterproof outer coat, 1836, named for Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), inventor of a waterproofing process (patent #4804, June 17, 1823). The surname is from Gaelic Mac an toisich "Son of the chieftain."
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A waterproof long coat made of rubberize cloth. 2 By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. 3 Waterproof rubberized cloth. n. 1 A waterproof long coat made of rubberize cloth. 2 By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. 3 Waterproof rubberized cloth.
WordNet
Wikipedia
The Mackintosh or raincoat (abbreviated as mac or mack) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made out of rubberised fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, though many writers add a letter k (this variant spelling "Mackintosh" is now standard ).
Although the Mackintosh style of coat has become generic, a genuine Mackintosh coat should be made from rubberised or rubber laminated material.
Usage examples of "mackintosh".
Influenza weather, bronchitic weather, and if good for the umbrella shops and the makers of mackintoshes why not good for the medical profession?
Kenny McClure had ordered tetrodotoxin in order to pass it to the iniquitous Mackintosh, who everlastingly played cards with Carey.
Lees, Eaglewood, Mackintosh, Fitzwalter or Nagrebb have the knowledge to accomplish all this?
It is not a place which Mackintosh visits frequently: he dislikes pubs which have juke boxes and where there are no barmaids to admire.
Mackintosh edges closer, hoping to discover evidence of where his chocolate biscuits have been going.
Craning her neck above the pile of canvases, Sarah descends the stairs with more noise than Mackintosh likes.
Clutching his holdalls and with two canvases tucked under each arm, Mackintosh crosses to the front door and lets himself out quietly.
Mackintosh reaches into the top drawer of his desk to find a fresh sheet of paper on which to crystalise his thoughts, or more serendipitously for another chocolate biscuit to sustain him.
Mackintosh declares, beaming at the other drinkers who do their best not to catch his eye.
As Mackintosh watches, he feels the superiority of someone not tied to office hours, though he empathises with the emotions which drive his fellows.
A nondescript, voluminous brown mackintosh, a trilby hat perched on the bar next to his pint, shiny bootspolished until they gleamed like ebonyand a plump, reddish, fiftyish face, framing bright brown eyes and a big, bushy, wild moustachethe only un-neat thing about the man.
I belonged to was sent with a force of Highlanders under Mackintosh to join the army under the Lords Derwentwater, Kenmure, and Nithsdale.
Behind him pads the editor: Mackintosh is thankful that his fellow conspirator chose trainers in the Oxfam shop rather than leather shoes which make every footfall reverberate through the house.
Mackintosh resumes his scrutiny of the pub. He wonders whether whores feel the same sense of rejection when they tout unsuccessfully for business.
Conversation lapses until they reach the pub. It is not a place which Mackintosh visits frequently: he dislikes pubs which have juke boxes and where there are no barmaids to admire.