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- noun A
native orinhabitant ofSunderland ,England . - noun The
dialect spoken in these areas.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Talbot's book is a scrapbook of thousands of images sourced from every imaginable site -- photos, tapestries, cartoons, posters, books, maps, brochures -- strung together around a loose story about Talbot himself, addressing an impatient Mackem from the stage of a grand Victorian Vaudeville house.
Boing Boing 2007
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Talbot is a "Mackem" from the Sunderland region of England, and he is thoroughly steeped in the rich lore and history of the region, stretching all the way back to prehistory.
Boing Boing 2007
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Instead the years when Clark was affectionately seen as a "daft Geordie lad" who brought his Sunderland career to an abrupt end by wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Sad Mackem Bastards" while cheering Newcastle on at the 1999 FA Cup final are now consigned to the past.
Darren Ferguson rallies Peterborough ahead of Huddersfield showdown 2011
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Martin O'Neill is odds-on favourite to replace him, with Mark Hughes also heavily backed, but my money's on the Mackem's going for untried local pyramid inverter Jonathan Wilson, who would probably like me to steer anyone looking for a nice Christmas stocking-sized present for that special somebody in their life in the direction of his new biography of Brian Clough.
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But the Lib Dem Geordie all alone and at sea in Pitmatics or at a push Mackem land has been caught bang to rights furtively handing something to this "local resident".
Archive 2007-07-15 2007
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Labels: 2007 Graphic Novels, Dark Horse Books, Mackem posted by fusenumber8 @ 12:21 AM
Review of the Day: Alice in Sunderland fusenumber8 2007
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If such theories gained currency when his stint at Sunderland came to an abrupt end after he was pictured attending the 1999 Newcastle v Manchester United FA Cup final wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Sad Mackem Bastards", they have been thoroughly undermined in West Yorkshire.
The Guardian World News Louise Taylor 2011
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It was called "Have you ever seen a Mackem in Milan?"
The Guardian World News Tim Rich 2011
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The Cockney Mackem, ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies, finished second behind Walsh in the two-mile handicap chase.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Pity the stray Mackem that wanders in to ieditorial.
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