DCHP-2

Texas mickey Texas Mickey DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• n. & adj. — informal, Food & Drink

  a 3-litre bottle of hard liquor, such as whiskey.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Texas mickey is an informal term for the largest size of hard liquor bottles sold in Canada. The term is most prevalent in Canada (see Chart 1).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Texas mickey", which is marked "Cdn informal".

  See also: mickey  two-six  

  • 1987  She doesn't say what happened to the contents, but in the Fraser Valley, lids are needed for 10 Texas mickey bottles (133 ounces). 
  • 1988  Snake-wine addicts can purchase a Texas Mickey-sized bottle of Hwongryongsul Yellow Dragon Liquor. 
  • 1995  As exhibits, prosecutor Jon Hak presented a drained 1,182-millilitre Texas mickey of vodka and an all but empty 768-ml bottle of rye whiskey. 
  • 2001  mickey: A bottle of booze. (A Texas mickey, on the other hand, is a ridiculously big bottle of booze, which, despite the name, is still a Canadianism through and through.) 
  • 2008  A Texas Mickey of Smirnoff Vodka will be raffled off for $5 per ticket. Money is being raised for Canadian Relief Fund For Chernobyl Victims in Belarus. 
  • 2016  "Chateau Lake Louise donated a night's stay with valet service valued at $895, David's Tea has given us some merchandise and will be offering tea samples. We've received everything from a Texas mickey of Canadian Club to a waterpik."