Durry vs Lurry - What's the difference?
durry | lurry |
(Australia and New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
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To lug or pull about.
To daub; dirty.
(obsolete) A confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.
As nouns the difference between durry and lurry
is that durry is (australia and new zealand|colloquial|slang) a cigarette, especially a roll-your-own while lurry is (obsolete) a confused heap; a throng or jumble, as of people or sounds.As a verb lurry is
to lug or pull about or lurry can be to hurry carelessly.durry
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Alternative forms
* durrieNoun
(durries)page 224,
- “Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry . Cigarette.” His timbre is low but void of inflexion. “Come,” he says again, brown hand scooping the air in front of him.
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- He pulled a tobacco pouch out of his pocket with a plastic bag containing what had to be a mind-altering substance. “You?re welcome to join me in a durry ,” he said, rolling himself a cigarette.
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- He thought for a moment as he deftly rolled the paper and tobacco into a durry , licked the edge and stuck it down.
Synonyms
* cancer stick, faglurry
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Etymology 1
Of obscure origin. See (l).Verb
Etymology 2
(etyl) precipitant.Noun
(lurries)- To turn prayer into a kind of lurry . — Milton.