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backy

backy is the alternative spelling of baccy.

backy is the alternative spelling of backie.

Meaning of baccy

Noun

baccy (usually uncountable, plural baccies)

  1. (slang, 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 […]1882, Chums: A Tale of the Queen's Navy, volume 1, page 200

Meaning of backie

Noun

backie (plural backies)

  1. (colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
    Synonyms:
    seatie
  2. A photo taken of iconic location with the back of a shirt advert visible.

Forms of backy

pluralbackies

Questions about backy

What is backy the alternative spelling of?
Backy is the alternative spelling of baccy.

Words near backy in the dictionary

  1. backwound
  2. backwrap
  3. backwrapped
  4. backwrapping
  5. backwraps
  6. backy
  7. backyard
  8. backyard cricket
  9. backyarder
  10. backyarders
  11. backyards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: backy (page history and authors); baccy (page history and authors); backie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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