Merc

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /mɜːk/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /mɝk/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.

Merc (plural Mercs)

2. (slang, especially UK, Commonwealth) Clipping of Mercedes-Benz.

   His dad's well rich: he's got a Merc and two BMWs.

   • 2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:

     Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc

Clipping of Mercury.

Merc (plural Mercs)

2. (especially US, dated) Clipping of Mercury (automobile).

   a '49 Merc with a flathead V-8

4. (numismatic slang) Clipping of Mercury dime.
   • 2002 October 9, UsterDay72, “Your First Time (on topic :) and long”, in rec.collecting.coins‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 3 January 2023:

     When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Merc.

• MCRE, crem