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mex

I. \\ˈmeks\ adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: by shortening

get my feet all mixed up in these Mex dances — Edwin Corle

offering him for sale for ten Mex dollars — Richard Hallet

cost four dollars Mex

II. noun (plural mex or mexes)

Etymology: by shortening

1. capitalized : mexican

some Mex he'd never seen before was behind the bar — Oakley Hall

— often used disparagingly

2. often capitalized : mexican dollar

paper money was so plentiful that … a mex was the smallest that would buy anything — Upton Sinclair

Useful english dictionary. 2012.