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词汇 Darwin stubby
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Definition of Darwin stubby in English:

Darwin stubby

nounPlural Darwin stubbies
Australian
  • A very large bottle of beer, typically 2.25 litres.

    he walked in carrying a Darwin stubby, which he would sink before dinner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Along with its explanation of dishlickers and Darwin stubbies, it devotes nearly 90 pages to Aboriginal languages.
    • These are people who herd cattle with helicopters and drink two-litre bottles of beer called Darwin stubbies.
    • The Darwin stubby, the largest bottle of beer in Australia—and perhaps the world—was first introduced in Darwin in 1958.
    • Crowds of Darwin stubby swillers kept the ponies racing until the last.
    • How big is the Northern Territory's famous Darwin stubby?
    • Be wary of the 1.25-liter Darwin stubby, though it's really only bought as a novelty souvenir these days.
    • The Darwin thirst is summed up by the famed Darwin stubby—a beer bottle that looks just like any other stubby, except that it contains 2 litres instead of 375 millilitres.
    • The record for downing a Darwin stubby is one minute, two seconds.
    • Up here, unless you can down a couple Darwin stubbies before recess you are suspected of being a wuss.
    • I could sure use a Darwin stubby.

Origin

1980s: a humorous allusion to the alleged prodigious thirst of people from the tropical Northern Territory, with reference to the small size of beer bottle known in Australia as a stubby.

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