Also called Mickey Finn. Slang. a drink, usually alcoholic, to which a drug, purgative, or the like, has been secretly added, that renders the unsuspecting drinker helpless.
(often lowercase) Also a potato, especially a roasted Irish potato.
a male or female given name.
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The three-pack Mickey beignets are $7.49, a 15.4% increase from $6.49.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We were in our teens coming down to New York on the train or on the bus to audition for things, like ‘The Mickey Mouse Club,’” he told the outlet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
They would go on to work together at the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, where Iwerks designed and animated “Plane Crazy,” the first Mickey Mouse cartoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Inside Dette Flies, a 98-year-old fishing shop, I admired cases filled with flies that sounded like secret-service code names: Green Ghost, Mickey Finn, Pink Lady.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I suppose it will be of some interest to some of you,” she said, “that Mickey Mantle is coming to town next week.”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Bunce said that Hatton "lived life fully" but was always willing "to take the mickey out of himself".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
England’s all-time leading run-scorer Alastair Cook said his former team have been complacent, while ex-England skipper Michael Vaughan warned them not to "take the mickey out of Test cricket".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
"My friends all take the mickey," he joked.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
At the London airport, an official asked him, "Are you taking the mickey out of our royalty?"
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
Doesn't necessarily have the belittling connotations of mainstream slang "Oh, that's just mickey mouse stuff!"; sometimes trivial programs can be very useful.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Mickey 17 remembers the pain of all prior Mickeys, from the original through 16.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
In Columbia, South Carolina, Laura Chatterton and her husband, Chris Chatterton, both 36, have Disney merchandise throughout their home and pay homage to hidden Mickeys found throughout the parks.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
Mixed with the collection of stuffed Mickeys and Minnies are several Cabbage Patch Kids, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, and all kinds of other dolls.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
“The Mickeys are too hot,” Mr. Lopreto wrote to his partners in emails obtained by investigators.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2017
And two things: first, I've got an eye on the Mickeys of this city.
From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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