baccy

American  

[bak-ee] / ˈbæk i /

noun

baccies plural

1. Older Use. tobacco.

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baccy British  

/ ˈbækɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for tobacco

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Etymology

Origin of baccy

First recorded in 1825–35; shortening of tobacky (an informal U.S. regional term)

Example Sentences

Marks is a profoundly agreeable fellow, crumpled of face, eloquent of pronouncement and unassuming in his enormous sloppy cardie, packet of rolling baccy escaping from his shirt pocket.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2013

A pipe o' baccy 'neath a leafy tree, A recent mail from far across the sea, No one to worry for an hour or two, And veldt, indeed, were Paradise to me.

From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.

Immediately at the entrance of this hostelry was an uncommonly snug little apartment, wherein many of the more sociable of the guests were taking their baccy.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

"Any baccy?" he inquired, glancing at the array of black bottles along the wall.

From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

It was said of him that he always had handy "a bit o' baccy for the old men, and a screw o' tea for the old women."

From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles