Did you mayhaps mean derry?
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Etymologies
- Unknown. Possibly (putative obsolete brand of roll-your-own tobacco) + -y ("diminutive suffix"). From 1940s; evidence of colloquial use from early 20thC. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I can picture Havock at his computer, beer in one hand durry in the other, yelling at the screen.”
“The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal; the table drawer was scarred where the police had forced it open; everything in Chandrapore was used up, including the air.”
“That he already has - courtesy of a knockabout image cultivated in an era when a lunch break durry, card games as you waited to bat, and several post-stumps beers wouldn't put you on the front pages.”
“Between shots, Kidman and co-star Daniel Day-Lewis shared drags on a durry, then hammed it up for the cameras once Kidman realised she'd been spotted.”
“And he won't give up, screaming and throwing himself on the floor if he's refused a durry.”
“The only thing you'll need to change is the floor rug (and if you have a solid colour, even this can stay the same (with perhapsa smaller durry thrown on top to match your decor.”
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bilby Australian slang - cigarette. Feb 4, 2008