Deady
name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin. British, obsolete, slang, uncountable
"Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked deady round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their throttles howl, […]"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of deady. alt-of, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked deady round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their throttles howl, […]"
Etymology
From Deady, the last name of David Deady and his brother James Deady, distillers in London in the early 1800s.
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