ackie-peevie

Scots

Etymology

Evidently a hybrid formed on the model of aqua vitæ, peeve = whisky, among Gypsies of Gall., Per., Arg.

Noun

ackie-peevie (uncountable)

1. whisky

References

• “ackie-peevie, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.