darb

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Noun

darb (plural darbs)

1. (Australia, slang) A cigarette.
2. (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
   • 1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pe5CAAAAIAAJ&q=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PnI2T43DAuXEmAX33IT2AQ&redir_esc=y 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=67YPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3m02T9nmOevOmAWI96ibAg&redir_esc=y 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zhdXAAAAYAAJ&q=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22darb%22|%22darbs%22+cigarette+OR+smoke+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iG82T8j2FIrumAWGufGRAg&redir_esc=y page 21],

     You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!

Synonyms

• (cigarette) death stick, durrie

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