Mackay

[ muh-kahy ]

/ məˈkaɪ /

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noun

a seaport in E Australia.

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How to use Mackay in a sentence

And for Jennifer Adams, sleeping apart from her husband, Fraser Mackay, is also the key to their happy marriage.
Is Sleeping Apart Good for Your Relationship?|Tim Teeman|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now Jennifer Adams and Fraser Mackay face a challenge: a two-week holiday in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Is Sleeping Apart Good for Your Relationship?|Tim Teeman|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
MacKay also had been a bagpiper and the sergeant-at-arms of the Inland Empire Emerald Society.
Det. Jeremiah MacKay: Proud New Father Killed in Christopher Dorner Shootout|Michael Daly|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
MacKay and another deputy were wounded when exchanging fire with Dorner, who sought refuge in a cabin, apparently also hit.
Det. Jeremiah MacKay: Proud New Father Killed in Christopher Dorner Shootout|Michael Daly|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

MacKay was back out on the mountain Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
Det. Jeremiah MacKay: Proud New Father Killed in Christopher Dorner Shootout|Michael Daly|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Mackay will have her tea upstairs every night; Mr. Dunlop will always breakfast in bed.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever
Once in those days Mark Twain banteringly offered to trade businesses with Mackay.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Mr. Mackay has been very kind in coming and walking out with me, and that is the only variety I have had.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
Pierce and Mackay directed their respective commands to retire to their tents.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The story they tell, told also in verse by Dr Charles Mackay, is the ruin of a working man and his family through drink.
George Cruikshank|W. H. Chesson

British Dictionary definitions for Mackay

Mackay

/ (məˈkaɪ) /

noun

a port in E Australia, in Queensland: artificial harbour. Pop: 57 649 (2001)

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