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(maf′ik)

intransitive verb

Chiefly Brit. to celebrate in an exuberant, unrestrained manner

Origin: back-form. < Mafeking, where unrestrained celebration marked the successful Brit stand against the Boers (1900)

See maffick in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb maf·ficked, maf·fick·ing, maf·ficks
Chiefly British

To rejoice or celebrate with boisterous public demonstrations.

Origin:

Origin: After Mafeking, South Africa, town with a British garrison besieged for 217 days during the Boer War whose relief (May 17, 1900) was celebrated in London

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