shypoo
adjEtymology Of unknown origin.
1
Australia, New Zealand Second-rate, inferior.
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Corrupt.
shypoo
nounEtymology Of unknown origin.
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:
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Australia A place that sells beer or cheap liquor.