packie
Massachusetts shorthand for a liquor store.
Definitions
Short for 'package store', the legal term for a liquor store in Massachusetts (booze has to leave in a sealed package). Universal across the state — if a Bostonian says they're hitting the packie, they're on a beer run.
packie In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Clipping of 'package store', a term rooted in post-Prohibition Massachusetts liquor law requiring off-premise alcohol to be sold in sealed packages.
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