"mousesicle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mousesicles [plural]
Etymology: mouse + -sicle Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mouse|sicle}} mouse + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousesicle (plural mousesicles)
  1. (informal, humorous) A cold or frozen mouse. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-mousesicle-en-noun-5-~I~BjE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sicle

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1995 September 18, Scott Alexander Ganas, “Re: Beginner Snake Feeding Qs”, in rec.pets.herp (Usenet)",
          "text": "Jay, I heard that the best way to serve a \"mousesicle\" was by grabbing it's tail with tweezers and putting it into the cage and allowing the snake to strike at it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1999 August 19, Paul Martin, “Re: Creepy Stories to Chill Your Bones (Was: Newbie Says Hi, Pukes)”, in misc.writing (Usenet)",
          "text": "An acquaintance of mine worked in a medical lab. Apparently at this lab they kept liquid nitrogen around for some reason, which was not advisable with this clown running around in there. One day he caught a live mouse, and being the Beavis-like cretin he was dumped it into a container of liquid nitrogen. He removed it after a minute, looking over his mousesicle, then threw it as hard as he could at the wall. The mouse shattered like crystal, of course.",
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          "ref": "2011, Roberto Ronchim, Christian Aliprandi, & Davide Turotti, Geronimo Stilton #28: Wedding Crasher, Scholastic, page 58",
          "text": "I shivered. Well, that explains why I felt like a walking mousesicle.",
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