stubbie

English

Alternative forms

• stubby

Etymology

From stub +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

stubbie (plural stubbies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.
   • 2006, Tom Conyers, Morse Code for Cats, 2008, Zeus Publications, Australia, page 59,

     Joe drank his lone stubbie of light beer like it was poison – which isn′t far wrong.

   • 2002, Patsy McCarthy, Caroline Hatcher, Presentation Skills: The Essential Guide for Students, Australia: Allen & Unwin, page 99:

     Every time you throw your Coke can or your stubbie, or leave your McDonald′s wrapper on the beach, you spoil our beautiful pristine coastline.

   • 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 384:

     The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you′re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.

   • 2011, S. J. Waddell, Exploration Days: An a to Z of Ways of Dying in Mineral Exploration, Xlibris, page 76:

     In PNG we would buy beer wholesale at around 10 cents per stubbie or can, and sell it to ourselves at 20 cents per stubbie or can.

Derived terms

• stubbie holder

 

Anagrams

• tubbies