soft mick

English - English

Definition of soft mick in English English dictionary

An extravagant person

Hyphenation

soft Mick

Turkish pronunciation

sôft mîk

Pronunciation

/ˈsôft ˈmək/ /ˈsɔːft ˈmɪk/

Etymology

() 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". The Accrington may not be entirely accurate since it was commonly used in Bradford in the 30's.