darb
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darb (plural darbs)
- (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!
- 1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, page 263,
Synonyms [edit]
- (cigarette): death stick, durrie
