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Liffey water

Liffey water noun: guinness (brand of dark stout beer).

Noun

Liffey water (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Guinness (brand of dark stout beer)
    • Good value over a pint of Liffey-water, but so what?1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 40
    • It serves a decent pint of Liffey water, as well as beaming in football from the British Isles.2011, Time Out Rome, page 218

Origin of Liffey water

From the name of the Irish river. Possibly also rhyming slang for porter (“kind of beer”).

Questions about Liffey water

What does Liffey water mean?
Liffey water means guinness (brand of dark stout beer).
What part of speech is Liffey water?
Liffey water is a noun.

Words near Liffey water in the dictionary

  1. lifeworthy
  2. lifey
  3. Liff
  4. LIFFE
  5. Liffey
  6. Liffey water
  7. Lifford
  8. LIFG
  9. LIFGs
  10. lifibrate
  11. lifibrol

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