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shypoo

shypoo noun: second-rate liquor; beer.

Noun

shypoo (plural shypoos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Second-rate liquor; beer.
    • ... He circulated freely ' mong the diggers on the U. Paddy Grady's " Hessian Palace " was a scene of wild delight, And we drank the shypoo deeply, till the lateness of the night suggested a ...1901, Alfred George Stephens, The Bulletin Reciter, a Collection of Verses for Recitation From "The Bulletin"
    • It was difficult to brew in the heat, without proper equipment or materials, and for most of the nineteenth century beer was known by a variety of colourful nicknames such as squirt, sheep wash, stringy-bark, shypoo and shearer's joy- ...2011, Pete Brown, Three Sheets To The Wind: One Man's Quest For The Meaning Of Beer
  2. (Australia) A place that sells beer or cheap liquor.

Adjective

shypoo (comparative more shypoo, superlative most shypoo)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Second-rate, inferior.
  2. Corrupt.

Forms of shypoo

Noun
pluralshypoos
Adjective
comparativemore shypoo
superlativemost shypoo

Origin of shypoo

Of unknown origin.

Questions about shypoo

What does shypoo mean?
Shypoo means second-rate liquor; beer.
What part of speech is shypoo?
Shypoo can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of shypoo?
The plural of shypoo is shypoos.

Words near shypoo in the dictionary

  1. Shymkent
  2. shyness
  3. shynesses
  4. shypoke
  5. shypokes
  6. shypoo
  7. shypoos
  8. shyrdak
  9. shyrdaks
  10. Shys
  11. shyshark

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