shypoo

plural shypoos

1. AustraliaNew ZealandSecond-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"

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   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

2. AustraliaA place that sells beer or cheap liquor.

comparative more shypoo · superlative most shypoo

1. AustraliaNew ZealandSecond-rate, inferior.
2. Corrupt.