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maccaboy

maccaboy noun: a type of rose-scented snuff.

Noun

maccaboy (usually uncountable, plural maccaboys)

  1. (usually) A type of rose-scented snuff.

maccaboy meaning in Tamil

maccaboy in Tamil

மணப்பொடி, நறுமணமூக்குத்தூள்

Forms of maccaboy

pluralmaccaboys
alternative formmaccoboy

Origin of maccaboy

From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: compare French macouba.

Questions about maccaboy

What does maccaboy mean?
Maccaboy means a type of rose-scented snuff.
What is maccaboy in Tamil?
Maccaboy in Tamil is மணப்பொடி, நறுமணமூக்குத்தூள். See Maccaboy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maccaboy?
Maccaboy is a noun.
What is the plural of maccaboy?
The plural of maccaboy is maccaboys.

Words near maccaboy in the dictionary

  1. Maccabee
  2. Maccabees
  3. MacCabes
  4. Maccabi
  5. Maccabis
  6. maccaboy
  7. MacCann
  8. MacCanns
  9. Maccao
  10. maccaron
  11. maccaroni

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maccaboy (page history and authors); maccaboy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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