McDonald's

plural McDonald'ses

1. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.

   she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to

   2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 313

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   This is evidence of the bank's confidence in a community organization for which it has now financed three ventures (CPI and two McDonald's).

   1970, An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs, Bladensburg, Md.: Westinghouse Learning Corporation, page 76

   Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.

   1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1

   The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill. It’s why the doors on Jardine House, headquarters of the colony’s flagship commercial firm, are slightly askew. It’s why property prices in the Shouson Hill area are lower than the ritzy neighborhoods next door. It’s why one McDonald’s used to have a fish tank by the door. Aquariums and mirrors make good ghostbusters.

   1997 January 31, Charles Hutzler, “Leader’s office hunt a lesson in arcana and parking problems”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023

   Synonyms: Golden Arches, Maccas, Maccies, Maccy D's, McD, McDick's, McDo, McD's

1. countableuncountableFood from a McDonald's restaurant.

   2014, May 22, Don Thompson, quoted in "McDonald's CEO insists fast-food giant pays 'fair wages' as protesters rally", The Guardian My parents eat McDonald’s and they are here today – they are quite healthy.

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   I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over.

   1996, Joan M. Drury, Silent Words, Spinsters Ink, page 36

   “Darling,” Janelle is standing on the outskirts of the group, listening with amusement, “just because a man has filet mignon at home, doesn't mean he doesn't fancy a McDonald's every now and then.”

   2006, Jane Green, Swapping Lives, Penguin, →ISBN

   He bought two McDonald's in a bag and took them to the Social Services place.

   2011, Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies And The Lonely Heart, Random House, →ISBN