soft Mick

proper noun

An extravagant person.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKidiomaticslangAn extravagant person.

Origin

This phrase may originally have referred to an Irish shoe peddler working around Accrington, East Lancashire, in the early 1900s, from the phrase "more shoes than Soft Mick".

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APA

soft Mick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20Mick

MLA

“soft Mick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20Mick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft Mick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20Mick.

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