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drack
adjective- dreary; dull; awful; unpleasant AUSTRALIA, 1944
Ted Hartley, an amateur lexicographer, was the first to record this word in 1944, and says that it is a “recent word derived from Dracula.” Years later he collected this quotation. I am not a raving beauty–but I’m not exactly Dracula either, which lends some support to his initial contention. Others have suggested it is an alteration of DRECK- Her parties are always drac. — Tilly Devine, Remember Smith’s Weekly?, p. 219, 1950
- But if the tests are bad enough there is nothing so drack as a suburban cricket game or country minor league. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 92, 1967
- A drack sort often has a mind of her own, refuses to be segregated at parties, and complains bitterly when asked to polish a car, scrape a boat, or watch footie in the rain. — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 38, 1972
- (of a woman) unattractive AUSTRALIA, 1949
- “She’s a drack line”, i.e. an uncomely woman. — Thirty-Five The Argot, 1950
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