baccy
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of baccy
First recorded in 1825–35; shortening of tobacky (an informal U.S. regional term)
Example Sentences
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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
“Right,” I mumbles out, as if my mouth was full of baccy, and the next minute I could hear his voice quite plain through the other half of the skylight.
From Midnight Webs by Fenn, George Manville
“I’ll slip down below and fetch ye one, and a cake o’ baccy.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Piffard, Harold
Father's always in the wrong, and chews black plug baccy to keep his mouth from defending his errors.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
We make our iron as they blend baccy.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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