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# baccy

noun (baccy — uncountable)

«baccy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(informal, UK) Baccy is short for tobacco, the dried leaves people smoke in pipes and cigarettes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#m1)

### In the lessons

A homely, old-fashioned word heard from old men, sailors and countrymen in British stories. In The Wind in the Willows the animals and the Sea Rat might talk of their pipes and baccy. Health: smoking tobacco causes serious illness.

### Examples

- Grandad kept his baccy in a tin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x1)
- The old sailor filled his pipe with baccy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x2)
- «Got any baccy?» asked the tramp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x3)
- The shop sold sweets and baccy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x4)
- He ran out of baccy and grumbled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x5)
- Baccy is slang for tobacco. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/#x6)

### Note

Informal shortening of «tobacco»; also «backy». Uncountable. Smoking is harmful to health and not for children.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baccy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baccy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baccy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baccy.html) on Mova free.