Mickey Finn

noun

An alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious.

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Meanings

nounMickey Finn (plural Mickey Finns)

plural Mickey Finns · alternative Mickey Flynn

  1. slangAn alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious.

    Synonyms: Mickey, mickey

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious.

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Mickeymickey

Origin

Probably named for the manager and bartender of a Chicago establishment, the Lone Star Saloon and Palm Garden Restaurant, which operated from 1896 to 1903, who was accused of using "knockout drops" to incapacitate and rob some of his customers.

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APA

Mickey Finn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mickey%20Finn

MLA

“Mickey Finn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mickey%20Finn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mickey Finn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mickey%20Finn.

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