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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

throw a mickey en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Australia) To have a tantrum.
    • ‘You're like all southerners, and by southerners I mean anyone below the tropic. They throw a mickey the first time they cop it.’ 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 139:

Forms

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throws a mickey Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
thrown a mickey Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chuck a mickey alternative lexicographic
threw a mickey Tense=Past lexicographic
throwing a mickey Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic