3guysandagal
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2008
Airplane bottles? Or the size I'm looking for?
"Before going metric in Canada a standard bottle of spirits was 26 ounces (now 750 ml)and called a 26'er or a two-six. When a Canadian says the word "bottle" this is the size that's meant.
A "mickey" was half the volume if the standard bottle and usually a flask shaped glass bottle, though any bottle of 13 ounces (or 375 ml) could be called a mickey.
There was also a "Texas Mickey" which was one imperial gallon (3.79 litres). It came with a pump and stood on the floor like a keg, but it was usually a giant-sized bottle of whatever brand spirits it was. These were usually for promotional purposes, but sometimes they could end up in private hands and show up at dorm parties etc."