Merc

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.

Noun

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Merc (plural Mercs)

  1. (slang) Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.
    His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.
    • 2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:
      Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of Mercury dime.

Noun

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Merc (plural Mercs)

  1. (numismatic slang) Clipping of Mercury dime.
    • 2002 October 9, UsterDay72, “Your First Time (on topic :) and long”, in rec.collecting.coins[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03:
      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!
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Merc.

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