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macco

/ˈmækəʊ/

macco noun: gambling game popular in the eighteenth century.

Noun

macco (uncountable)

  1. (historical) gambling game popular in the eighteenth century.
    • Had you come here as you proposed yesterday afternoon, you would have found that envelope full of bank-notes. As it is, they were all dropped at the infernal macco-table last night1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC

Forms of macco

alternative formmacao

Questions about macco

What does macco mean?
Macco means gambling game popular in the eighteenth century.
What part of speech is macco?
Macco is a noun.
How do you pronounce macco?
Macco is pronounced /ˈmækəʊ/.

Words near macco in the dictionary

  1. Macclesfield
  2. Macclesfield Bank
  3. MacCloskey
  4. MacCloskeys
  5. MacCloud
  6. macco
  7. maccoboy
  8. maccocious
  9. MacColl
  10. MacConkey agar
  11. MacConkey agars

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