Mex

See also: mex

English

Proper noun

Mex (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Mex.
2. Abbreviation of Mexican cuisine.
3. Abbreviation of Mexican peso.

Noun

Mex

1. 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; […]

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