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Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle noun: a popular hero and champion in a field.

mickey mantle: a popular hero and champion in a field
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Noun

Mickey Mantle (plural Mickey Mantles)

  1. A popular hero and champion in a field.
    • Meggi O'Day, the Mickey Mantle of the poultry world, has added another championship to her list of titles. The little Leghorn hen laid another egg....1957 September 20, “Egged On: Meggi Lays Claim To Another Title”, in Park City Daily News
    • It isn't easy to explain why Danny Blancheflower, the Mickey Mantle of English soccer 15 years ago, says, "Your country is a great frontier town and you have great big attitudes toward things1974 October, Boys' Life, volume 64, number 10, page 9

Examples of Mickey Mantle in a sentence

  • This does not mean that the 1940 Buick was the Mickey Mantle of automobiles, but it was an all-star1979, Bill Neville, Real steel: an investor's and philosopher's guide to the American automobile, page 22:
  • "The engineers that were put to work on this are ... the Willie Mayses and the Mickey Mantles of the engineering profession.1990, Emily Couric, The Trial Lawyers: The Nation's Top Litigators Tell How They Win, page 163:
  • "Damn Yankees" isn't the Mickey Mantle of musical comedies1998 February 23, Kristina Dorsey, “'Damn Yankees' Not A Homer, But A Solid Hit”, in The Day:
  • Nearly all the answers were entertainers or athletes, the Mickey Mantles of your generation - until Sept. 11, 20012005, R. Simmons, Real Life Lessons for Teens:

Forms of Mickey Mantle

pluralMickey Mantles

Origin of Mickey Mantle

After the highly-regarded American baseball player Mickey Charles Mantle (1931–1995).

Questions about Mickey Mantle

What does Mickey Mantle mean?
Mickey Mantle means a popular hero and champion in a field.
How do you use Mickey Mantle in a sentence?
This does not mean that the 1940 Buick was the Mickey Mantle of automobiles, but it was an all-star
What part of speech is Mickey Mantle?
Mickey Mantle is a noun.
What is the plural of Mickey Mantle?
The plural of Mickey Mantle is Mickey Mantles.

Words near Mickey Mantle in the dictionary

  1. Mickey D's
  2. Mickey Finn
  3. Mickey Finns
  4. Mickey Flynn
  5. Mickey Flynns
  6. Mickey Mantle
  7. Mickey Mantles
  8. Mickey Mouse
  9. Mickey Mouse cap
  10. Mickey Mouse caps
  11. Mickey Mouse degree

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