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Mick1|mɪk|
Also mick.
Shortened form of proper name Michael, applied jocularly to an Irishman. Also sometimes applied derogatorily. Also attrib. or as adj.
1856Butte Record (Oroville, Calif.) 20 Sept. 3/3 One of the ‘bucks’ jerked something from his belt..and made for a Mick. 1882‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. at Home ii, When the Micks got to throwing stones through the Methodis' Sunday-school windows. 1893A. Fuller Lit. Courtship x. 93 If once she gets hold of that fact, you will wish you had been born a ‘mick’. 1894P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling lvii. 369 Fortunately it's a Mick regiment, so we needn't worry over who was killed. 1913J. London Valley of Moon 27 They's been too much drink, an' you know what the Micks are for a rough house. 1932E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost vii. 38 The Communists..have..recruited..a considerable number of seedy unemployed—niggers, micks. 1943[see Geordie 2]. 1961Spectator 12 Aug. 254 Labels such as Wop, Polack and Mick. 1970M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes iv. 32 Where's Ireland, huh? Who needs Micks?
b. A Roman Catholic. Also Mickey. Freq. derogatory. Also attrib. or as adj.
1924P. Marks Plastic Age 201, I suppose you refer to..my one mick friend, although he isn't Irish. 1948P. White Aunt's Story 258 He says that Mother is wrong to send a girl to a convent with a lot of micks. 1956‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump ii. 57 Stanley and Phyllis went to Church of England schools..but all the rest of us are Micks. 1960Times 28 Jan. 15/5 Religious rivalries from Salvationists to Plymouth Brethren—united in hatred of the ‘Mickeys’ or Catholics. 1971Guardian 27 May 13/7 Curiously, in the circumstances of the Australian fondness for the ‘o’ suffix, a Roman Catholic is apparently never a Catho, but remains, in lower-level Protto usage, a Mick. 1973Times 31 July 12/7 On this theory the Council of Ireland can be presented as a second inter-Parliamentary tier—‘a place where the Micks and Prods can get together occasionally’ as one Assembly member put it—built on a structure that already exists.
c. Examples of various slang (usu. derogatory) extended uses.
1928F. Scott Fitzgerald in Sat. Even. Post 28 Apr. 4/2 In sordid poverty, below the bluff two hundred feet away, lived the ‘micks’—they had merely inherited the name, for they were now largely of Scandinavian descent. 1937in Partridge Dict. Underworld (1949) 437/2 Mick, a road mechanic. 1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 37 Mick, Englishman. 1958L. A. G. Strong Light above Lake 94 He's a dismal ould mick of a God. 1974Amer. Speech 1971 XLVI. 81 Mexican: greaser, spick, wetback, mick, halfbreed.
d. mad mick: a pick. slang.
1924Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Mad mick, a pick. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 74/1 Mad mick, a pick (prison) 1973F. Huelin Keep Moving 78 Well, I won't buy drinks f'r any bloody ganger, just f'r a chance to swing a mad mick. |