durrie English
Etymology 1
Noun
( en noun)
(Australia, slang)
* 1998 , Phillip Gwynne, , unnumbered page ,
- ‘Deadly,’ she said, and passed me the durrie .
- I took a drag. Was she watching? No, thank goodness, she was looking down at the water again. I blew the smoke straight out, without taking it into my lungs.
- ‘Deadly,’ I said, and passed the durrie back to Clarence.
Etymology 2
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darb English
Noun
( en noun)
(Australia, slang) A cigarette.
(slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
* 1931 , Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day , 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.”
* 1934 , Story , Volume 4, 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.’
* 1941 , Amazing Stories , Ziff-Davis, Volume 15, Issues 1-6, page 21 ,
- You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!
Synonyms
* (cigarette) death stick, durrie
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