Meanings
plural mantiques
- informalAn antique or collectible which appeals mainly to men.
Literally across Route 66 from Chris Hoagland's FMC motor coach graveyard was a sign that said Mantiques with an arrow pointing down a road.
2016, Tom Cotter, Route 66 Barn Find Road Trip1 more example
Put pretty simply, mantiques are any vintage item that makes a fifty-year-old guy remember what it's like to be a kid without any obligations and total freedom to run around having fun—whether his memories of times like that are of him at age five or twenty-five, mantiques help him create a space where he can flash back to a time when he had fewer responsibilities.
2011, Libby Callaway, American Pickers Guide to Picking
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mantique. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantique
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