maxin.
/ˈmaksi/, U.S. /ˈmæksi/, Australian English /ˈmæksi/, New Zealand English /ˈmɛksi/ 1. A maxi-skirt or maxi-dress. See maxi- comb. form 1b.
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1967 Evening Standard 7 Dec. 9/1 You're in a black crêpe maxi-skirt... If everyone is wearing maxi's, you're all right.
1968 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 15/3 I doubt if we'll see the Queen in a real maxi yet awhile, but the belted emerald maxi coat sketched was certainly the Royal dressmaker's newest looking garment.
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places v. 176 Barefoot Magdalenes in cotton maxis.
1991 Independent 21 Mar. 21/1 Slender maxis, slashed to the thigh.
2. Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand. In full maxi boat, maxi yacht. A racing yacht of between 15 and 20 metres in length (the largest currently permitted under International Offshore Rule).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > yacht > types of yacht
steam-yacht1812
skimmer1844
schooner-yacht1876
cruiser1879
keel1883
skimming-dish1884
cutter-yacht1885
bulb-keel1893
keel-boat1893
forty1894
half-rater1894
forty-tonner1895
one-designer1897
raceabout1897
forty-footer1902
sonder1907
star1911
tonnage-cheater1912
scow1929
tabloid1930
Yngling1969
maxi yacht1974
1974 Australian 26 Dec. 6/9 The new Ondine may do to the ‘maxi’ end of international ocean racing fleets what Dr Jerome Milgram did to the smaller boats with his controversial Cascade.
1975 Austral. Seacraft Feb. 28 Maxi boats are anything over 15 m (50 ft) overall.
1979 J. Sturrock Classic Racing Yachts Austral. Waters 144 A special race for visiting maxis over a 40 nautical mile course from Sydney.
1986 Auckland Star 7 Feb. a.1/3 The maxis had lots of attendant spectator boats.
1998 Independent 17 Dec. 27/4 Britain is at the heart of a £10m initiative to establish a new world championship of maxi yacht racing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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