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- noun Australia, informal A 2.25 litre bottle of
beer , today made principally as a tourist novelty.
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From Darwin, the Australian city where has been sold since 1958, + stubby ("small bottle of beer"), intended ironically.
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bilby commented on the word Darwin stubby
A two-litre bottle of beer, the largest on sale in Australia.
A conventional stubby is a short bottle usually holding between 325 and 375mL.
February 8, 2010