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maffick

 
Dictionary: maf·fick
(măf'ĭk) pronunciation
intr.v. Chiefly British, -ficked, -fick·ing, -ficks.
To rejoice or celebrate with boisterous public demonstrations.

[After Mafeking, South Africa, town with a British garrison besieged for 217 days during the Boer War whose relief (May 17, 1900) was celebrated in London.]


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to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing
 
 
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