Darb
Full definition of darb
Noun
- (Australia, slang) A cigarette.
- (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
- 1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, %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.â€â€œIt's more than that,†I cut in, “it′s a wonder. It′s a masterpiece....â€
- 1934, Story, Volume 4, %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, %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!
