Liffey water
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of the Irish river. Possibly also rhyming slang for porter (“kind of beer”).
Noun[edit]
- (slang) Guinness (brand of dark stout beer)
- 1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 40:
- Good value over a pint of Liffey-water, but so what?
- 2011, Time Out Rome, page 218:
- It serves a decent pint of Liffey water, as well as beaming in football from the British Isles.
References[edit]
- Tony Thorne (2014) “Liffey water”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury