baccy

[ bak-ee ]

/ ˈbæk i /

Older Use. tobacco.

Origin of baccy

First recorded in 1825–35; by aphesis and alteration of final schwa to folk regional -y

The baccy, sir; Harvey Birch, he got home, and he bring you a little good baccy.

The Worlds Greatest Books |Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
I prepared my 'baccy, and climbed on to the box by the driver, resolute to hold on there as long as possible.

Impressions of America |Tyrone Power
"It's the baccy I miss, Daddy," said the young pugilist, as they sat together on the afternoon of the third day.

The Last Galley |Arthur Conan Doyle
That'll get 'en his bread an' baccy far sooner'n drifting for herring in thic Shuteing Star.

A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds

The vittles is good, and one sleeps warm, and one has one's beer and 'baccy regular.

Septimus |William J. Locke

baccy

/ (ˈbækɪ) /

British an informal name for tobacco