English Explanatory Dictionary

Darwin stubby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 2.25 litre bottle of beer, today made principally as a tourist novelty.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 Darwin stubby.ogg

Word forms

Darwin stubby Darwin stubbies Darwin stubbie

Etymology

From Darwin, the Australian city where such bottles have been sold since 1958, + stubby (“small bottle of beer”), intended ironically.

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