bevvy

Definitions

A beverage, chiefly an alcoholic one.

British, Ireland, slang

Examples

“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.”

“'Want⟳ some Lou Reed?' asked Spam. 'Nah. I'll stick⟳ to the bevvy.'”

“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.”

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