mickey [origin uncertain] Slang DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1950 quote.
See also: Texas mickey pint two-six
- This term is often assumed to derive from Mickey Mouse, the reference being to a bottle of small size. However, Disney's character did not appear till 1928, and the term is shown below to have been in use before then.