Mick

[mik] Origin

Mick

[mik]
noun (often lowercase) Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.
a person of Irish birth or descent.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; generic use of Mick, hypocoristic form of Michael
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Mick is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Mick or Mickey (mɪk, ˈmɪkɪ)
 
n
1.  derogatory (sometimes not capital) a slang name for an Irishman or a Roman Catholic
2.  (Austral) the tails side of a coin
 
[C19: from the nickname for Michael]
 
Mickey or Mickey
 
n
 
[C19: from the nickname for Michael]

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mick
derogatory slang for "Irishman," 1856, from nickname of common Irish name Michael (q.v.).
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Slang Dictionary

mickey definition


and micky
  1. n.
    a hip flask for liquor. : He took a little swig out of a mickey he carries in his pocket.

  2. Go to Mickey (Finn). :
  3. n.
    a small bottle of wine. : See if you can get a mickey of something for a buck.
  4. n.
    a tranquilizer. (Drugs.) : Whatever that mickey was you gave me, it helped.

  5. and mick. an easy or trivial college course. (From mickey mouse sense 2.) : I've got a light load this quarter. Three micks and two education courses.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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