durry
nounUK /ˈdʌ.ɹi/ · US /ˈdʌ.ɹi/
Etymology Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
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Australia, New Zealand, Colloquial A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
- “Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.”2003, C. C. Saint-Clair, Far from Maddy, page 224:
- 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.2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, page 118:
2 more examples
- He thought for a moment as he deftly rolled the paper and tobacco into a durry, licked the edge and stuck it down.2007, Kevin Hallewell, Woop Woop, page 151:
- This was the first thing Yolanda knew in the dark morning. (That and where's my durries?)2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 3:
- Synonyms
- cigarette