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maco

[ mah-koh ]

noun

  1. an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of maco1

After Mako Bey, 19th-century Egyptian officer

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Example Sentences

Though the decision was quite damning, Maco got what amounted to a slap on the wrist.

The article states that the agency could have voted sanctions against Maco ranging from censure to disbarment.

Kallolo and Maco, observing that we had no fruit remaining, volunteered to make their way into the forest, to try to find some.

Maco made a dash on the half-roasted periecu, which would otherwise have run a great risk of being overdone, and leaped after us.

We were anxiously awaiting the return of Maco, whom we hoped would bring us tidings of Captain van Dunk.

The few things we had with us were done tightly up and placed on floats, which Kallolo and Maco agreed to push before them.

Maco and Polo, working under water, had sharpened them by means of some other hard stone which they found in the stream.

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