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Mickey Finn slang (orig. U.S.).|ˌmɪkɪˈfɪn|
Also Mickey Flynn and ellipt. Mickey.
[Origin uncertain.]
A strong alcoholic drink; a drink adulterated with a narcotic or purgative substance, usu. administered to a person with the deliberate intention of stupefying or greatly discomforting him; the adulterant itself; also transf. and fig. (Cf. knock-out drops.) Hence mickey-ˈfinn v. trans., to adulterate with a Mickey Finn; to stupefy with a Mickey Finn; also ellipt.
1928M. C. Sharpe Chicago May xii. 99, I got a bottle of brandy... He was lit up..but I shot a few more Mickey Finns (double drinks) into him. 1931Amer. Mercury Mar. 316/1 But he never slipped an obstreperous customer the croton oil Mickey Finn of the modern night club. 1934Cosmopolitan Apr. 131/1 She had been mickey-finned. 1934J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iii. 86 The cheap bastard... I'd like to give him a Mickey Finn. 1935N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 53 Mickey Finn, a drink spiked with knockout drops. 1936Amer. Speech XI. 124/1 Mickey Flynn or Mickey Finn, a knockout dose (often cigar ashes in a carbonated drink) administered to an addict or a sucker. 1938A. J. Liebling Back where I came From 88 Mickeys..act so drastically that one may kill a drunk with a weak heart. 1951Wodehouse Old Reliable v. 71 She had been about to suggest that the butler might slip into Adela's bedtime Ovaltine what is known as a knockout drop or Mickey Finn. 1957P. Frank Seven Days to Never iv. 118 This was no ordinary hangover... He had been expertly mickey-finned. 1960Guardian 17 June 7/4 The reader cannot be sure when Mr. Colquhoun is about to slip him a Bible..and when a Mickey Finn. 1962E. Lucia Klondike Kate iv. 107 However, the dames seldom rolled the miners or slipped them a Mickey. 1966R. W. Taylor Doomsday Square (1967) xiii. 144, I Mickey-Finned him with my little pressure syringe. Let him sleep. 1971‘C. Franklin’ Home Secretary Affair vii. 99 Two men..had mickey-finned his drink. 1972M. Pugh Murmur of Mutiny xix. 144 I'd a couple or so in the sergeants' mess... They mustaf been mickied. 1973D. Bagley Tightrope Men xii. 93 Meyrick was probably knocked out by a Mickey Finn in his nightly Ovaltine. |