Mickey Finnis slang for mixing your drinks.
I have no idea why, and the story about how I came to know reflects *really* badly on my mum, no matter how many times I tried to type it correctly.
So I shan't mention it at all.
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/edit slightly different definition, now that I've read it more closely. Bloody americans.
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Tue 4 Nov 2003, 8:53,
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I have no idea why, and the story about how I came to know reflects *really* badly on my mum, no matter how many times I tried to type it correctly.
So I shan't mention it at all.
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mickey%20finn
/edit slightly different definition, now that I've read it more closely. Bloody americans.
During Prohibitionbootleg gin was called Mickey Finn - just a form of rhyming slang (I do believe). Basically, it was gutrot.
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Tue 4 Nov 2003, 8:54,
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It means to slip a drug into a drinkI'd always heard that it was named after a bar owner who slipped some knockout chemical ( I don't recall what) into drinks, and take the passed out person in the back, rob him, and put him in the alley in rags instead of clothes. The chemical also affected their thinking when they woke up. MAybe I should check snopes.com . . .
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