Meaning of Micky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Mickey.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
3. A diminutive of the female given names Michaela or Michelle.
4. Synonym of Mick (“an Irishman”).
   derogatory, offensive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“"What's yor name?" "Micky." "That's a name for a boy or a mouse. So it's probably Michelle. Most women your age are named Michelle or Heather or Courtney." "My age?" "No offense meant." "It's Michelina."”

“National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: ‘Little Italy’; ‘Little Sicily’; ‘Polish colony’; […] ‘Mickies’ (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […]”

“Ill put on my best shift and drawers let him have a good eyeful out of that to make his micky stand for him […]”

“"But," said the cook, "if we was in the city I'd take fifty cents of it purty, pronto and get myself a four-bit micky." / "A what?" I asked, mystified. / "A four-bit micky, a fifty-cent bottle of alcohol—Dr. Hall, white line," he translated in disgust. "If you're goin' west you better learn to talk west."”

“The cattle slayers had gone their way, with their smoking rifles and the mob of "mickies" they intended, somewhere in the fastnesses of the ranges, to brand and make legally, as far as the letter of the law went, their own.”

“There was an old micky named Cassidy / who was famed for impromptu mendacity. / When asked did he lie / he replied: to reply / would be to impugn his veracity.”

“Bronco horse pulling a ‘micky’ (young bull) up for branding.”

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