mickey
Example Sentences
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Some people might feel it is taking the mickey for Hull to be mentioned in the same breath as tourism gems like Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro and Hawaii.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Bunce said that Hatton "lived life fully" but was always willing "to take the mickey out of himself".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
"Maybe it's not a bad lesson to learn that you've got to have the mickey taken out of you occasionally," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
England midfielder Izzy Christiansen, who was at the game, told 5 Live: "If that goal is not taking the mickey, I don't know what is."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022
In North America this might be called a mickey mouse program.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
