Mickey money

n.

Heard in Tipperary, Dublin and Westmeath

Children's allowance from the state.

I'll be grand I have the mickey money on tuesday.

Posh English

I shall manage splendidly once the children's allowance arrives on Tuesday.

Same phrase, other counties

• Dublin
• Westmeath

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