Liffey water

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Liffey water (uncountable)

1. (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

• Tony Thorne (2014) “Liffey water”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury