offien.
/ˈɒfi/, U.S. /ˈɔfi/, /ˈɑfi/ British colloquial.
An off-licence shop.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor
wine-shopc950
wine-storec950
vintry1297
pulqueria1822
bottle store1829
rummery1835
bottle shop1839
beer-shop1848
drink-shop1883
off-licence1891
beer-off1939
outdoor department1958
offie1977
1977 Time Out 21 Jan. 3/3 (heading) Not so much an offy... More a vintner.
1989 M. Amis London Fields xviii. 370 He went to get some [cigarettes], at the offie.
2000 Western & Worle News (Electronic ed.) 17 Aug. The ‘buy eight get four free’ offer for export strength lager in the local offie had closed the previous day.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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