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mickey

noun mick·ey \ ˈmi-kē \

variants: or less commonly micky

Definition of mickey

plural mickeys also mickies

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) British, informal

: to make fun of (someone) : tease, ridicule

“Fred and George are going to laugh themselves stupid when I turn up for the tryouts. They haven't stopped taking the mickey out of me since I got made a prefect.”
—J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003

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Origin and Etymology of mickey

probably from Mickey, nickname from the name Michael

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