Definition of "mackintosh" [mack•in•tosh]

• Chiefly British A raincoat. (noun)
• Chiefly British A lightweight, waterproof fabric that was originally of rubberized cotton. (noun)

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• "And hanging up one of the bird-skin rugs in its place, the "mackintosh" was drawn and carefully knotted around the rim of the shaky receptacle."
• "A man in a serge suit and a beige mackintosh sits on a folding chair, smoking a cigarette."
• "I pawned my watch, my bicycle, and a mackintosh of which my father had been very proud and which he had left to me."