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mack

1   [mak]
noun Slang.
a pimp.
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Origin:
1885–90; by shortening of mackerel pimp < Middle French; see mackerel

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mack

2   [mak]
noun Informal.
mac2.

Mack

   [mak]
noun
1.
Con·nie  [kon-ee] , (Cornelius McGillicuddy), 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
2.
a male given name.
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mac or mack (mæk)
 
—n
informal (Brit) mackintosh short for mackintosh
 
mack or mack
 
—n

mack1 (mæk)
 
—n
informal (Brit) a variant spelling of mac mackintosh short for mackintosh

mack2 (mæk)
 
—n
slang a pimp
 
[C19: shortened from obsolete mackerel, from Old French, of uncertain origin]

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Mack
proprietary name for a brand of heavy automobile trucks, 1921 by International Motor Co., N.Y., N.Y., claiming use from 1911.
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Mac(k) definition

[mæk]
  1. n.
    a generic name for a man. (Also a term of address.) : Look, Mac, you want to make some big money?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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mack definition


  1. n.
    a pimp. (From mackerel, a form of which once had the meaning “broker.”) : This gal's mack was slapping her silly when the police came.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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