"Baccy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... agriculturists, shipbuilders and owners, besides intimates and relations; dear old 'Schetky' with his guitar among the most popular, and the delight of the children after dinner when he would sing his favourite ballad 'When on his Baccy Box he viewed.' Amateur music was greatly encouraged, not that it came up to the requisitions of the present day, but it was very pleasant. My mother's ballad singing was exceptional, and without accompaniment ...
— Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. - A Memoir • Lady Biddulph of Ledbury
... bacon's trodden in the slush, The baccy's wet, the stove's gone wrong— Then, purring on the morning's hush, We hear ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 • Various
... trying to give away my spare gear where it may be most acceptable: finnesko to Birdie, pyjama trousers to Bill, and a bag of baccy for Bill to give Scott on Christmas Day, some baccy to Titus, jaeger socks and half my scarf to Crean, and a bit of handkerchief to Birdie. ...
— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard
... the captain of the foretop, "what is can't be helped, old Fizgig; old Rayo has gone down, and"—"Old Rayo be d—d, Master Bill," said the man; "but may I be flogged, if I han't forgotten half a pound of negro head baccy in Dick ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott
... Germans catch you with that Mauser, they will hang you. Take the Webley. Then you can always draw Service ammunition." Wagstaffe ran his eye over the rest of Bobby's outfit. "Smokes? Take your pipe and a tinder-box: you will get baccy and cigarettes to burn out there. Keep that electric torch; and your binoculars, of course. Also that small map-case: it's a good one. Also wire-cutters. You can write letters in your field-message-book. ...
— The First Hundred Thousand • Ian Hay
... stood there, with his blood splashing round me, and I waited for a bit; but all was quiet, so I took heart once more. I looked round, and there was the tin box on a shelf. I had as much right to it as Peter Carey, anyhow, so I took it with me and left the hut. Like a fool I left my baccy-pouch upon the table. ...
— The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Magazine Edition • Arthur Conan Doyle |
