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mickey mouse

adjective

(often initial capital letters)

  1. trite and commercially slick in character; corny.

    mickey mouse music.

  2. useless, insignificant, or worthless.

    mickey mouse activities just to fill up one's time.

  3. trivial or petty.

    mickey mouse regulations.

Mickey Mouse

adjective

  1. ineffective; trivial; insignificant

    he settled for a Mickey Mouse job instead of something challenging

  2. (of music, esp that of dance bands) mechanical or spiritless

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mickey Mouse

  1. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney. Mickey's image is so widespread that he has achieved the status of myth.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mickey mouse1

First recorded in 1930–35; after the animated cartoon character created by Walt Disney, originally with reference to the banal dance-band music played as background to the cartoons
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mickey mouse1

C20: from the name of a cartoon character created by Walt Disney, known for his simple-minded attitudes

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