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Mickey Finn

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noun

  1. Often shortened to: Mickey.  slang

    1. a drink containing a drug to make the drinker unconscious, usually formed by the combination of chloral hydrate and alcohol. It can be poisonous

    2. the drug itself

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Etymology

Origin of Mickey Finn

C20: of unknown origin

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