bevvy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈbɛvi/
Etymology
Clipping of beverage + -y (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of beverage; especially, an alcoholic beverage.
alt of beverage
Here’s my favorite moment from Helen Mirren’s Oscar-winning performance in The Queen: An urgent phone call rings through from Tony Blair during 4 P.M. tea. After she hangs up, she complains that he’s made her bevvy go cold. How dare he interrupt? I agree completely.
2007, Elle, [American edition], volume 22, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., →OCLC, page 190:'Want some Lou Reed?' asked Spam. 'Nah. I'll stick to the bevvy.'
1998, Toni Davidson, Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-based Writing, page 44:Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bevvies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |