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merc
/mɜːk/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
4VERB + MERC
got, swallowed
MERC + NOUN
awoke, bmws, flathead
PREP.
with
ADV.
once
Definitions
noun
1
A Mercedes-Benz automobile.
His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.
Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
noun
1
A Ford-Mercury automobile
a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8
2
Clipping of Mercury dime.
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!
noun
1
A mercenary.
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?”
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His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.
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Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
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a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8
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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 spi
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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?”
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