Mex

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adjective

ˈmeks

: mexican

get my feet all mixed up in these Mex dances

—Edwin Corle

offering him for sale for ten Mex dollars

—Richard Hallet

cost four dollars Mex

Mex

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noun

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plural mex or mexes

1

often disparaging + offensive : mexican

some Mex he'd never seen before was behind the bar

—Oakley Hall

2

or mex : mexican dollar

paper money was so plentiful that … a Mex was the smallest that would buy anything

—Upton Sinclair

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

by shortening

Noun

by shortening

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