shypoo
/ʃʌɪˈpuː
/noun [mass noun] Australian informal
Inferior alcoholic drink: we drank the shypoo deeply, till the lateness of the night...
- He never touched another drop of shypoo so long as he lived.
- They made for the pubs where shypoo could be had at three pence a pitcher.
- Workers spent their cheques on fiery spirits or shypoo.
Origin
Late 19th century: origin unknown.
- half-breed
- half-brother
- half-butt
- half-caf
- half-caste
- half-century
- half-cock
- half-cocked
- half-completed
- out of pocket
- out of practice
- out of print
- out of proportion
- out-of-province
- out-of-round
- out-of-roundness
- out of season
- out-of-series
- out of service
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out-of-state
- out-of-stater