baccy

«baccy» in Mova's school dictionary: short for tobacco, the dried leaves people smoke in pipes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (baccy — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

(informal, UK) Baccy is short for tobacco, the dried leaves people smoke in pipes and cigarettes. tree →

sense in the lessons

A homely, old-fashioned word heard from old men, sailors and countrymen in British stories. In The Wind in the Willows the animals and the Sea Rat might talk of their pipes and baccy. Health: smoking tobacco causes serious illness.

examples

• Grandad kept his baccy in a tin. tree →
• The old sailor filled his pipe with baccy. tree →
• «Got any baccy?» asked the tramp. tree →
• The shop sold sweets and baccy. tree →
• He ran out of baccy and grumbled. tree →
• Baccy is slang for tobacco. tree →

note

Informal shortening of «tobacco»; also «backy». Uncountable. Smoking is harmful to health and not for children.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «baccy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.