baccy
|bac-cy|
/ˈbæki/
informal tobacco
Etymology
'baccy' originates from English colloquial shortening of 'tobacco', where 'tobacco' itself comes from Spanish 'tabaco', ultimately from the Taíno word 'tabaco' referring to rolled tobacco or the pipe used to smoke it.
'baccy' developed as an informal clipped form of the English word 'tobacco' (modern English), which entered English from Spanish 'tabaco' and earlier Taíno 'tabaco'.
Initially it referred to 'tobacco' (the plant or its leaves/rolled forms); over time 'baccy' has been used informally to mean tobacco in general or the tobacco used for rolling cigarettes.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
informal British: tobacco, especially the shredded/rolling tobacco used for hand-rolled cigarettes; broadly used for tobacco or cigarettes in casual speech.
He bought some baccy to roll his own.
Synonyms
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