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The 1977 award-winning musical “Annie” introduced countless audience members to the term
Mike Wallace in Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory referenced The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, for his definition of Mickey Finn:
Mickey Finn n. Slang. An alcoholic beverage that is surreptitiously altered to induce diarrhea or stupefy, render unconscious or otherwise incapacitate the person who drinks
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Assailants surreptitiously lace victims’ beverages with the drugs to suppress their memory and eliminate inhibitions, though other delivery systems are also available, including pin pricks and gas. Whether to rob or rape, slipping someone a Mickey is “almost like the perfect crime,” according to prosecutor Dennis Nicewander, “because they don’t have to worry about a witness testifying against
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