baccy

[ bak-ee ]

/ ˈbæk i /

noun, plural bac·cies.

Older Use. tobacco.

Nearby words

bacchylides, bacci-, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, baccy, bach, bach flower remedy, bach trumpet, bach, johann sebastian, bacha

Origin of baccy

First recorded in 1825–35; by aphesis and alteration of final schwa to folk regional -y

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Examples from the Web for baccy

The baccy, sir; Harvey Birch, he got home, and he bring you a little good baccy.
The Worlds Greatest Books|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
I prepared my 'baccy, and climbed on to the box by the driver, resolute to hold on there as long as possible.
Impressions of America|Tyrone Power
"It's the baccy I miss, Daddy," said the young pugilist, as they sat together on the afternoon of the third day.
The Last Galley|Arthur Conan Doyle
That'll get 'en his bread an' baccy far sooner'n drifting for herring in thic Shuteing Star.
A Poor Man's House|Stephen Sydney Reynolds

The vittles is good, and one sleeps warm, and one has one's beer and 'baccy regular.
Septimus|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for baccy

baccy

/ (ˈbækɪ) /

noun

British an informal name for tobacco

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