From the relief of Mafikeng in 1900 came a new word: to maffick, which means to celebrate unduly. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Nor have they the fine American hand for devising new verbs; to maffick, to limehouse, to strafe and to wangle are their best specimens in twenty years, and all have an almost pathetic flatness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 3. Processes of Word-Formation] Reference
Madame, 147, 252 mad as a hornet, 94 mad as a March hare, 94 mad-dog, 94 made, 274 mad-house, 94 maffick, 190 magazine, 209 magistrate, 145 mail, n., 118; v. From Wordnik.com. [Mencken, H] Reference
Outrun the constable, the man in the street, kicking your heels, between two stools, cutting a loss, riding for a fall, not seeing the wood for the trees, minding your Ps and Qs, crossing the ts, begging the question, special pleading, a bone to pick, half seas over, tooth and nail, bluff, maffick, a tall order, it has come to stay. From Wordnik.com. [Slang.] Reference
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