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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mex (uncountable)
- Alternative form of Mex.
- Abbreviation of Mexican cuisine.
- Abbreviation of Mexican peso.
Noun[edit]
Mex
- Clipping of Mexican.
- 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 11, in Arizona Nights[1]:
- I ran up, pulling my gun. The Mex was flat on his face, his arms stretched out. On the middle of his back knelt my one-armed friend. And that sharp hook was caught neatly under the point of the Mexican's jaw. You bet he lay still.
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
- […] groups of Mex chicks swaggered around in slacks; […]