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名詞

darb (複数形 darbs)

1. (Australia, slang) A cigarette.
2. (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach.
   • 1931, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Circus Day, page 263,

     “Boss,” he exclaimed, “it's a darb.”

     “It's more than that,” I cut in, “it′s a wonder. It′s a masterpiece. […] ”

   • 1934, Story, Volume 4, 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, page 21,

     You can figure for yourself what a darb of a setup that was for us seven hundred professional killers!

同意語

• (cigarette): death stick, durrie

アナグラム

• Bard, Brad, bard, brad, drab