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Manistique 

1. A small, blue-collar, backwater, redneck, white-bred, secluded, good-for-nothing, hopeless, po-dunk, white-trash, rumor-filled, racist, failing, squalid, repulsively unattractive slum with a stagnant, sluggish, utterly hopeless, inactive economy with no chances of improving itself.
2. A very bad place to live.
"You have lived an utterly repulsive and secluded life, what are ya? From Manistique or something?"
Manistique by serpentine belt April 3, 2003
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Manistique 

EXAMPLE??? nothing on earth is like it thats for sure
Manistique by JoeBobMan April 4, 2003
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An antique or collectible that appeals mainly to men, such as old fishing rods & lures, pin-up calendars, tools, toy cars, etc.
man + antique = mantique
When that antique dealer from Chicago stopped at our antique mall on his way home from Brimfield, he stocked up on mantiques for his shop.
mantique by AntiqueMall May 2, 2009

mantiques 

A niche of the antique industry that caters specifically to men, with merchandise such as railroad, firefighting, and shaving memorabilia, old pin-ups, knives, weapons, GI Joes, toy guns, and cars. A play on words, combining man and antique.
Several vendors at the Loleta antique show offer nothing but mantiques.
mantiques by Downstrike October 9, 2005
Super manly man antique items that would not suit ill in any type of accommodation. Mostly found in man caves, bachelor pads or any room that is designated as 'lost' in the eyes of the (possible) wife/cohabiting partner. Mantiques can appear in the form of globe bars, a knight's suit of armor, old stuff made from leather, old typewriters/camera's (preferably cased in leather), a bronze bull, a military lantern/or bell and dead trophy animals in any form or shape.
Sir 1: "You Sir, have an excellent taste in mantiques! Jolly good."
Sir 2: "Thank you lad, let's drink some whisky and smoke a cigar. Let me get my smoking jacket."
Mantique by Mr_Moustache February 18, 2013
a mantique is an older man who is still extremely attractive. Another version would be the grantique, who is an extremely old man, who is still cute.
Liam Neeson is an excellent example of a mantique.
mantique by Dr. Phalange September 21, 2009