Inferior alcoholic drink.
we drank the shypoo deeply, till the lateness of the night
Example sentencesExamples
- They made for the pubs where shypoo could be had at three pence a pitcher.
- He never touched another drop of shypoo so long as he lived.
- The shipwrights would see how much shypoo they could swallow without dropping.
- Men flocked to the shypoo shops and shanties to slake their thirst.
- Workers spent their cheques on fiery spirits or shypoo.