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Noun

mackintosh (countable and uncountable, plural mackintoshes)

  • A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
  • (by extension) Any waterproof coat or raincoat.
    • ✤ John had great big waterproof boots on;1
    • ✤ The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.2
  • ✤ John had a great big waterproof hat;
  • ✤ John had a great big waterproof mackintosh —
  • ✤ And that (Said John) is that.
  • Waterproof rubberized cloth.

Etymology

From Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), who patented a type of rubberized cloth in 1823. Former trademark. The letter k is a later addition.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈmækɪntɑʃ/

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Footnotes

  1. c. 1924, A.A. Milne, “Happiness”, in When We Were Very Young ↩

  2. 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214: ↩