micky

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

I.


n.

young wild bull. «Said to haveoriginated in Gippsland, Victoria. Probably from theassociation of bulls with Mickeys, or Irishmen.» (Barere andLeland.)

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii.p. 217:

«The wary and still more dangerously sudden `Micky,'a two-year-old bull.»

II.

n.

In New Zealand, a corruption of Mingi (q.v.).