Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A notched piece of wood in a whale-boat, upon which to rest the harpoons.
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- noun Scotland Alternative form of
make (“halfpenny”).
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Examples
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The Pa-taw-o-meck Cafe, built in 1890, sported an ornate collection of balconies, balustrades and towers and was five stories high in parts.
Where We Live: Glen Echo Heights in Maryland's Montgomery County Barbara Ruben 2010
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But I guess that he cant do that; after all we all know that his infidelity created a doorway for Hilary's political ambitions and his guilt only makes him her ardent supporter. meck
Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems 2008
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Be very grateful that either Obama or McCain will be our next president. meck
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Callumore41; slang turns it into meck and later le meg, that is to say, God.
Les Miserables 2008
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She (at least, I think it's a she) finally sends her remote meck Trilobite to search for signs of life.
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All in my thicville Escuterre ofen was thorough fear but in the meck-ling of my burgh Belvaros was the site forbed: tuberclerosies I reized spudfully from the murphyplantz Hawkinsonia and berri-berries from the pletoras of the Irish shou.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Patriarch: "You ax your mammy what meck she so black."
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Hebe: "An 'she tell me to ax you what meck it so blue."
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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He wundered on; he stop by de bridge whar de water wuz tricklin 'down below -- he see de picture uv hi'sel' in de water, en 'hit meck de cole chills run up hi' back.
Shawn of Skarrow James Tandy Ellis 1905
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He could smell de ham and hominy fryin 'in de skillet at de houses whar he pass, en' hit meck hi 'mouf water lack a hoss wid de slobbers.
Shawn of Skarrow James Tandy Ellis 1905
hernesheir commented on the word meck
A harpoon rest.
December 21, 2010