maffick verb intrans. ['mafɪk] arch. E20.
[from Mafeking (see below), treated joc. as a pres. pple, whence other parts of the verb.]
Celebrate uproariously, rejoice extravagantly, esp. on an occasion of national celebration (orig. the relief of the British garrison besieged in Mafeking, South Africa, in May 1900).

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