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little Mac(k)
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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William Lyon Mackenzie, 1795-1861 (a derogatory allusion to his small stature).
Quotations
1832
Little Mac, fell . . . like a cat--on all fours, and the wig went under the bench--the little man gathered himself up, picked up his wig, and ran for his life.
1834
How annoying it must be . . . to the muckle rampart boys of Toronto, to see his lordship little Mack . . . seated on the throne . . . as King William the First.
1836
"And little Mac may burn his ain "Canawl" [Quesnel tobacco], "His grievance budget, fiery wig, and all."