mickey
noun [C] (DRUG) /ˈmɪk.i/ (also Mickey Finn) slangDefinition
› a drug added to a drink, especially an alcoholic drink, in order to make the person who drinks it unconscious: He must have slipped the guard a mickey.Specific types of drugDrugs - general wordsSpecific medicines and drugs
(Definition of mickey noun (DRUG) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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