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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