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bevvy slang.|ˈbɛvɪ|
Also bevali, bevie, bevy.
[f. beverage + -y6.]
A drink, esp. beer.
1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang I. 110/1 Bevy or bevali (common), beer; abbreviation of beverage. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 22 Bevvy, beer. Any drink. 1934P. Allingham Cheapjack vi. 59 ‘I think this calls for a bevvy,’ I said, and we walked off to the nearest pub together. 1960K. Amis Take Girl like You vi. 87 Din-din. The old scoff. Bevvy too. 1963New Statesman 18 Oct. 537/1 The police..accuse the public of a lack of civic responsibility—a phrase that's good for a laugh over a bevy.
Hence as v. intr., to drink. So ˈbevvied a., drunk, intoxicated.
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack x. 111 They just sit in the 'ouse and talk and bevvy till all the money's gone. 1960J. MacLaren-Ross Until Day she Dies ii. 28 Lon and Carl coming backstage, both of them bevvied. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 8 The Scouser's favourite excuse for an act of hooliganism is I wuz bevvied. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern yerself Scouse 77 Ard cases who could bevvy by the jug. |