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Merc
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- 1 A Mercedes-Benz automobile. Commonwealth, UK, especially, slang
"His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs."
- 2 A Ford-Mercury automobile US, dated, especially
"a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8"
- 3 A mercenary. slang
"He had a feeling the scarf was the one he'd really have to watch out for; he couldn't say why. “What if those mercs scope us leaving?”"
- 4 Clipping of Mercury dime. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!"
- 1 To kill. slang, transitive
Etymology
Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.
Clipping of Mercury.
Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.
Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.
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