soft Mick
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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".
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
- (slang, British, idiomatic) An extravagant person.
Usage notes[edit]
To have more (something) than Soft Mick is to possess an extravagant quantity of that thing.