ATDDTA (3): "Mickeys"

[Tim Strzechowski]

Also comes to mind (more modern):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey's

http://www.epinions.com/fddk-Beers-By_Name-All-Mickey_s_Fine_Malt_Liquor





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mikebailey at speakeasy.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: ATDDTA (3):


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tim Strzechowski [mailto:dedalus204 at comcast.net]
>> Subject: Re: ATDDTA (3): "Mickeys" (WAS Control issues, 54-56)
>>
>> > I've never heard "Mickeys" for pocket-sized bottles, and could find 
>> > only
>> > this:
>> >
>> > "Small bottles of cheap fortified wines are known on the street as 
>> > "short
>> > dogs," "mickeys," "poneys," [sic] and "mad dogs."
>
> In the movie "Highway 61", the devil-guy buys a soul for a "mickey of 
> bourbon"
>
>
>