Machin

See also: machin

English

Etymology

From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/

Proper noun

Machin

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Noun

Machin (plural Machins)

1. (philately) Any of a British series of definitive stamps designed by Arnold Machin, first issued in 1967 and featuring a side view portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

See also

• Downey Heads
• Wilding

References

• D. G. A. Myall, The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook, Bridport (Dorset), Deegam Publications, 1993

Anagrams

• chiman, manchi

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French

Etymology

Back-formation from machine.

Proper noun

Machin m (plural Machins, feminine Machine)

1. (informal) what's-his-face; A general word used to designate a person whom one does not know how to name more precisely, in particular whose name has been forgotten
   • Dans un café de P*, capitale de la F*, un jeune Marocain, m’ayant civilement (« Vous êtes bien Machin, le gazetier ? »), m’affirme de manière véhémente que je dois entendre son histoire.

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     (Fouad Laroui, Né nulle part, from the collection L’Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine, 2012, p. 41)

   • Elle se promenait avec Machin ; j’ai oublié son nom.