Bevvy

//ˈbɛvi// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beverage, chiefly an alcoholic one. British, Ireland, slang

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To get drunk. British, Ireland, intransitive, slang

    "Anthony and I bevvied together a few nights, but the truth is I couldn't keep up."

Example

More examples

""Are you coming tomorrow as well, Mr Miller? There'll be a bevvy in it for you." "Oh, I've had a bevvy too many in my time." "Mary'll be there." "Mary? Could I come if I give the drinks a miss?""

Etymology

Clipping of beverage + -y (diminutive suffix).

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