soft Mick
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.