Macintosh

Example Sentences

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It’s called jaw thrust when the head is prepared for the macintosh blade.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

But tonight, he refuses to take off his macintosh even as damp patches begin to spread across it.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011

Worst of all, there was nothing to do except to sit still; and Findlayson sat still under his macintosh till his helmet became pulp on his head, and his boots were over ankle in mire.

From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard

A reversed umbrella will catch water; but the first drippings from it, or from clothes that have been long unwashed, as from a macintosh cloak, are intolerably nauseous and very unwholesome.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir

She placed a shawl behind her sister's head, and covered her feet with her macintosh.

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert