Meanings
nounLiffey water (uncountable)
- slanguncountableGuinness (brand of dark stout beer)
Good value over a pint of Liffey-water, but so what?
1996, Theatre Record, volume 16, numbers 9-15, page 401 more example
It serves a decent pint of Liffey water, as well as beaming in football from the British Isles.
2011, Time Out Rome, page 218
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Origin
From the name of the Irish river. Possibly also rhyming slang for porter (“kind of beer”).
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Liffey water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liffey%20water
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“Liffey water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liffey%20water. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liffey water,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liffey%20water.
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