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mickey(dictionary)
mickey(dictionary)
Mickey Mouse(dictionary)
Mickey Mouse 1,(dictionary)
Wright, Mickey(encyclopedia)
Spillane, Mickey(encyclopedia)
Rooney, Mickey(encyclopedia)
Mickey Mouse(encyclopedia)
Mickey (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Wellentheorie (iou) and mickey (iou)


Wellentheorie (iou)



Wellentheorie noun. M20.
[German, from Welle wave + Theorie theory.]
Philology. The theory that linguistic changes spread like waves over a speech-area and the dialects of adjacent districts resemble each Other most.

mickey (iou)



mickey noun1. colloq. Also micky. M20.
[Origin unkn.]
take the mickey (out of), act in a satirical or teasing manner (towards). Cf. MICHAEL 3, MIKE noun2 3.
B. Geldof The boarders would laugh and take the mickey because I was a day boy.
Comb.: mickey-take verb & noun (a) verb intrans. tease, mock; (b) noun an instance of mickey-taking.