deady

See also: Deady

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Deady, the last name of David Deady and his brother James Deady, distillers in London in the early 1800s.[1][2]

    Noun

    deady (uncountable)

    1. (British, slang, obsolete) (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin.

    References

    1. ^ “deady, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    2. ^ “deady n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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