Mackintosh

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For other uses, see McIntosh (disambiguation).

Mackintosh shop, Burlington Arcade, London.

A Mackintosh or its short name mac is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made out of rubberized fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh: note the added letter 'k' in the name of the garment.

Although the Mackintosh style of coat has become generic, a genuine Mackintosh coat should be made from rubberised or rubber laminated material.

[edit] Cultural References

In the popular Beatles song Penny Lane, there is a much mistaken reference to the Mackintosh wherein the lyrics state: "and the banker never wears a Mack, in the pouring rain...very strange."

Alf Bradshaw in the British radio programme The Bradshaws owns a Pack-a-Mack with cigarette holes in (he rather foolishly puts his cigarette ends in its pockets causing the polythene to melt)