pac-a-mac
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And there she was - wearing a dark blue pac-a-mac over a blue brushed-nylon nightdress, topped off with a hairnet. It was as though Death itself had just walked into the kitchen. She always wore the pac-a-mac because a dressing gown would have taken up valuable space in her suitcase."
- "It was raining hard when the girls came back into the Brownie circle for vespers, and the gaggle of mums gathered in the Drill Hall porch, sweating in their pac-a-macs and listening to the water swishing down the guttering."
- "I am the only customer in the Perch in possession of a backpack and wearing a pac-a-mac, which I've yet to take off despite the sun coming out."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage