Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the Victoria Theatre, London.

1859		G.A. Sala Twice Round the Clock 269: The Royal Victoria Theatre [...] (it is popularly termed the ‘Vic.’).
c.1864		A. Stephens ‘The Chickaleary Cove’ 🎵 Now join in a chyike, the jolly we all like, I’m off with a party to the Vic.
1879		London Life 5 July 5/1: I noticed outside the ‘Vic,’ an enormous poster, announcing the production of ‘The Sole Survivor’.
1882		G.A. Sala in Living London (1883) Sept. 396: We don’t expect grammar at the Wic., but you might jine your flats!
1893		Albert Chevalier ‘The Villains at the “Vic”’ 🎵 The panto, which I had a part in, When I used to play the Villains at the Vic.
1909		J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 257/1: Vic (Theatrical). When the first theatre was built in the New Cut (Lambeth) it was called the Brunswick, in honour of the Princess Charlotte. It was burnt down before it was opened, and by the time it was rebuilt the poor Princess Charlotte was dead, and the eyes of the nation turned to the Princess Victoria. The new theatre was baptized the Royal Victoria, cut down by the New Cut warriors to Vic, before the first dramatic week was out.
1914		E. Wittmann ‘Clipped Words’ in DN IV:ii 134: Vic. The Victoria Theater.

2. (also Viccy, Vickie) Queen Victoria; also as name of public house.

1841		‘The Wery Identical Flute’ Dublin Comic Songster 35: On a clever musician her majesty doats, / So Viccy! she ordered me down to the palace.
1841		‘The Queen & The Countryman’ in Gentleman’s Spicey Songster 25: There was an old cock in the west country, / Had fall deep in love with young Vic., the Queen.
1895		Mataura Ensign (NZ) 17 26 Apr. 5/1: ‘I’m going home, says Joe, ‘to see Queen Vic.’ / [...] / ‘I’ll dine with ’em all, I ain’t no glutton; / And let Vic taste our New Zealand mutton’.
1929		J.B. Priestley Good Companions 443: Are you still at the George or have you gone to the Vic as you said you might.
1975		(con. 1900s) G. Swarthout Shootist 218: Well, Victoria, Your Royal Highness, old lady, old girl [...] You’ll be dressed in your best bib and tucker, Vickie, and so will I.
2000		Indep. Rev. 18 Feb. 9: Do not [...] drink lager in the Queen Vic.

3. Victoria railway station, London.

1902

H. Baumann Londinismen (2nd edn).

4. (Aus.) the Victoria Theatre, Sydney.

1885

Bulletin (Sydney) 6 June 6/1: Why, it took a certain genius so long, once, waiting for the vein to arrive when he had received an order for a drama for Spencer’s Polytechnic, Sydney, that before he had completed it poor Spencer was dead, Alice married to a circus-man, Clara and her mother keeping a restaurant among the ruins of the departed ‘Vic.’, and the Polytechnic itself, ignobly turned in a tailor’s shop.

5. (Aus.) the state of Victoria; a Victorian.

1890		F, Myerson ‘Shawdow-Huntingy’ in Golden Shanty (2003) 25: Vic.’s all dead now, and New South done.
1906		G.M. Smith ‘Steele Grey’ in Stewart & Keesing Aus. Bush Ballads (1955) 281: A short time back while over in Vic. / I met with a chap called Post-Hole Mick.
1918		E.G. Dodd diary 20 Mar. 🌐 Newton started an argument about the capabilities of the different sports of Australians. Mostly Vics on this Job.
1920		Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Feb. 15/1: A Vic. aviator killed a man at Geelong.
1973		(con. 1930s) F. Huelin ‘Keep Moving’ 29: We picked up a ride on a lorry going to Kaniva in Vic.
1977		J. Ramsay Cop It Sweet! 94: vic: Victoria.
1999		P. Temple Black Tide (2012) [ebook] Victorian police operation [...] six Vics and six of us from Canberra.

6. (Aus.) the Victoria Hall.

1895

Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 92: Vic, Victoria Hall.

7. (US) a Victrola brand phonograph.

1918		G. Bowerman diary 5 Mar. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 69: By way of diversion we started up the ‘vic’ and I began some interpretive dancing to amuse the boys.
1929		M. Bodenheim Sixty Seconds 239: You come up to my place — I’ve got a vic’.
1933		Nicholson & Robinson Sailor Beware! I iii: Gee, that’s a nice vic. Wish I had one.
1949		N. Algren Man with the Golden Arm 310: The room where the vic had played.
1972		(con. 1916) G. Swarthout Tin Lizzie Troop (1978) 21: They [...] played several of the latest hits on the Vic.

8. (S.Afr.) the Victoria Falls.

2005

A. Lovejoy Acid Alex 35: We left early and stopped the car [...] near to Vic Falls.

9. (US) a Crown Victoria automobile.

2012

M. McBride Frank Sinatra in a Blender [ebook] He locked his brakes up, narrowly avoiding my Crown Vic [...] a vaccuum cleaner that ripped me off the one and only time I tried to clean the Vic.