About how many shots are in a mickey of alcohol?
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nightsky56
ANSWERS: 7
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I'm pretty sure it's 10, but I might be wrong.
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A shot is one ounce. So however many ounces are in a mickey = the number of shots.
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Do you mean a Mickey Mouse cocktail (none) or a Mickey Finn (at least one plus whatever drug you choose to spike it with -traditionally chloral hydrate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_%28drugs%29)?
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Disquietus gave you the right answer. To "slip someone a mickey" meant to put a drug in their drink, and that drug was usually chloral hydrate. It's short for Mickey Finn, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_%28drugs%29 and here for chloral hydrate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloral_Hydrate These days, the mickey is usually a "roofy" or "roofie," Rohypnol, also known as the "date rape drug." Notice the "hypnol" in its commecial name? Like "hypnotic?" The non-brand-name of this drug is flunitrazepam, but since it's still under patent, Rohypnol is how it's sold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohypnol
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The answers so far seem unfamiliar with the "mickey" as a nickname for a specific bottle size (it is regional and much more common in Canada). Note: "Slipping someone a mickey" is NOT at all what a "mickey of rum" is referring to. Full size bottles (like a wine bottle) are usually 750 mL. The bottle size referred to as a "mickey" by Canadians (the smaller square, flask-shaped bottles) are usually 375 mL which is not quite 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces. A single shot is usually 1.5 fluid oz. You can get almost 8.5 shots out of a mickey.
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a mickey is half a 26, 26 meaning 26 ounces, a mickey has 13 ounces and 1 shot is 1 ounce (technically) a mickey has 13 shots.
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Before going metric in Canada a standard bottle of spirits was 26 ounces (now 750 ml)and called a 26'er or a two-six. When a Canadian says the word "bottle" this is the size that's meant. A "mickey" was half the volume if the standard bottle and usually a flask shaped glass bottle, though any bottle of 13 ounces (or 375 ml) could be called a mickey. There was also a "Texas Mickey" which was one imperial gallon (3.79 litres). It came with a pump and stood on the floor like a keg, but it was usually a giant-sized bottle of whatever brand spirits it was. These were usually for promotional purposes, but sometimes they could end up in private hands and show up at dorm parties etc.
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