MACKINTOSH in a Sentence

Learn MACKINTOSH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for MACKINTOSH, such as:
1. The slimy pavement looked like a wet mackintosh.
2. She pulled on her old violet coloured mackintosh, and slipped out of the house at the side door.
3. She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna's dripping mackintosh.
4. He hung his mackintosh and hat on the rack in the comfortable square hall and turned to her for direction.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MACKINTOSH
mackintosh
 n.  a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
 n.  a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Classic Sentence:
1  She pulled on her old violet coloured mackintosh, and slipped out of the house at the side door.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  She begged him to remain at home, as she could hear the rain pattering against the window, but in spite of her entreaties he pulled on his large mackintosh and left the house.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
3  The slimy pavement looked like a wet mackintosh.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
4  My dear: if you think the obstinacy of your sex can make a coat out of two old dressing gowns of Raina's, your waterproof, and my mackintosh, you're mistaken.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
5  She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna's dripping mackintosh.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  He hung his mackintosh and hat on the rack in the comfortable square hall and turned to her for direction.