| 释义 |
stubbie; stubby
noun
a small, squat beer bottle, now 385 ml; the contents of a stubbie AUSTRALIA, 1966
From the noun use of “stubby” (short and squat).- Line us up a row of nice frosty stubbies will you–you miserable old bastard! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 42, 1968
- The stubbie is one of the most malevolent inventions of the decade. — Bishop Shevill, The Ugly Australian, p. 128, 1970
- I said to him as my stubby turned into a bomb and exploded on one of their unfinished cement steps, “Don’t you ever think you’re being precious?” — Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, p. 19, 1979
|