Bivvy

or GATTER , beer; “shant of BIVVY ,” a pot or quart of beer. In Suffolk the afternoon refreshment of reapers is called BEVER . It is also an old English term. “He is none of those same ordinary eaters, that will devour three breakfasts, and as many dinners, without any prejudice to their BEVERS , drinkings, or suppers.”— Beaumont and Fletcher’s Woman Hater , i. 3. Both words are probably from the Italian , BEVERE, BERE . Latin , BIBERE . English , BEVERAGE . Biz , contraction of the word busine ; a phrase much used in America in writing as well as in conversation.