noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial

   "“Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.”"

2. 2
   Alternative spelling of dhurrie. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms

cancer stickcigarettefagscag

Example

More examples

"“Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

Alternative form.

Related phrases

roll your own

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