Definition of mickey
mickeys
alsomickies
1 sometimes capitalized, often disparaging + offensive : irishman
2 plural usually mickies : potato 2a(2) roast mickies in the gutter fires — Joseph Mitchell
3 usually capitalized : mickey finn as soon slip you a Mickey as look at you — Merle Miller
take the mickey (out of someone)
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Origin and Etymology of mickey
probably from Mickey, nickname from the name Michael
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