offie, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

offie n.

also offy

[orig. a counter in a public house over which alcohol could be sold for consumption off the premises. The off-licence proper declined during the 1970s–80s but the term began to be used for wine merchants and similar stores]

an off-licence.

1977		Time Out 21 Jan. 3/3: [heading] Not so much an offy... More a vintner.
1989		M. Amis London Fields 370: He went to get some [i.e. cigarettes], at the offie.
1999		Indep. on Sun. Real Life 18 July 3: In the local offy he chose two bottles of rose wine.
2005		P. Howard Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress 39: He got tree year. Ram-raided the offy in a robbed Peugot.
2012		(con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 194: On ay they Peroni’s Sick Boy bought fae the posh offy.
2014		T. Black Artefacts of the Dead [ebook] Why’s he going to an offie?
2015		L. McInerney Glorious Heresies 147: Duane had offered to do an offy run for the underagers.