Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tillie and mac book

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: tillie and -mac -book
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“a kind of pornographic comic book”).

Slang

Example Sentences

"I have another little book here better than Tillie and Mac books or the ones like it ^([sic]). It has a lot of exciting poses that will give you a thrill."
"Fifthly, it is argued that the Tillie and Mac books have no cultural validity or purpose and serve only to titillate and gratify gross desires and private excesses."
"I had a neat haul: twelve collars and, believe it or not, seven of the farthest-out Tillie and Mac''' books I'd ever seen, plus one of the numbered editions of Henry Miller's Black Spring."

Etymology

After the newspaper comic character Tillie the Toiler and her male associate Clarence "Mac" MacDougall.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Tillie and Mac books (plural)

Synonyms

Tijuana Bible

Questions

What does tillie and mac book mean?: Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“a kind of pornographic comic book”).
Where does tillie and mac book come from?: After the newspaper comic character Tillie the Toiler and her male associate Clarence "Mac" MacDougall.

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