Definitions For Durry

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly (putative obsolete brand of roll-your-own tobacco) + -y, , diminutive suffix.
David Bradley, Australian Journal of Linguistics (1989) suggests that it may be derived from a widely used brand of loose tobacco used for roll-your-owns, Bull Durham, clipped and resuffixed with the most productive suffix for forming new colloquial words in Australian English. Suggested that it was a term brought back from ANZAC forces as a Dhurrie Rug and a cigarette are both rolled.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

{{en-noun, ?}} Alternate form of dhurrie

Anagrams

Drury, drury