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maffick

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmæfɪk/Sorted acffikmStarts with MEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner.

Word origin

Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.

Used in a sentence

  • “[…] but if to be foreign is to be mad, I think I’d rather be English.” “There!” cried Miss Haymer. “That’s typical! Pure jingoism, Connie! You can’t maffick under my roof! […]”
  • It was a clandestine “maffick,” but was all the more exuberant because we had the satisfaction of knowing that we had outwitted the authorities completely, they being in utter ignorance of our celebration.
  • This, needless to say, ended the maffick and put a damper on the rest of the VE Day celebrations.

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