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baccy

  • /ˈbæki/

Sounds like bakkie · Rhymes with -æki

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From tobacco by shortening, + -y.

noun baccies · backy

  1. slang, uncountable, usually Tobacco. To the "Nut" then, with its dirty little smoking-room, clouded with fumes arising from baccies of every description; curling upwards from the short black Irish clay bowl, full of strong ship's baccy, as well as from the best of Havannahs […]

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"baccy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baccy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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baccy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baccy

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"baccy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baccy.

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@misc{baccy_2026,
  title = {baccy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baccy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}