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Mickey vs Miskey - What's the difference?

mickey | miskey |

As a noun mickey

is (slang) a mickey finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.

As a proper noun mickey

is a diminutive of the male given names michael, mike or mick.

As a verb miskey is

key erroneously; make a mistake in typing.

mickey

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 , typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
  • * While you're at the liquor store, can you pick up another mickey of rye?
  • (slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
  • (slang) American depression era term for a potato as in a "roasted mickey".
  • * We roasted mickeys over a fire with two foot sticks.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) piss, shortened and more commonly used form of Mickey Bliss.
  • (computing) The resolution of a mouse, used as a unit of length.
  • Derived terms

    * Texas mickey

    miskey

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Key erroneously; make a mistake in typing.
  • Derived terms

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