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mackerel:

Historical slang term for a pimp . See pimp for synonyms.

ETYMOLOGY: Dates as far back as the 15 th century and possibly derives from its French equivalent, maquereau . Defined by Captain Francis Grose in Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' A bawd : from the French maquerel .'



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