Carb vs Darb - What's the difference?
carb | darb |
(informal, usually, in the plural)
(informal)
(Australia, slang) A cigarette.
(slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
* 1931 , Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day ,
* 1934 , Story , Volume 4,
* 1941 , Amazing Stories , Ziff-Davis, Volume 15, Issues 1-6,
As nouns the difference between carb and darb
is that carb is a shorter form of lang=en while darb is a cigarette.carb
English
Noun
(en noun)- I'm cutting down on carbs to try and lose weight.
- This is what controls the flow of fuel into the carb .
Synonyms
* carby, carbieDerived terms
* carb up * low-carbSee also
* carb-Anagrams
* English clippingsdarb
English
Noun
(en noun)page 263,
- “Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb .”
- “It's more than that,” I cut in, “it?s a wonder. It?s a masterpiece.”
page 35,
- ‘My new bird is a darb ,’ he says, ‘only four months old and he?s got a roll and a chop the size of your arm. Never heard a young bird sing like that.’
page 21,
- You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!