▪ I. mech
(mɛk)
colloq. abbrev. of mechanic n. 3.
| 1951 Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) 1107/2 Mech, mechanic; esp. in the old air mech of the R.F.C. and the current flight mech of the Air Force: coll.: since ca. 1912. 1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xvi. 191 Bud carries a heater, the mechs don't. 1973 A. Hunter Gently French iii. 23 Hanson called over a mech. The mech started it for us and drove it out. |
▪ II. mech, mechacan
obs. ff. much, mechoacan.