Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Australia, informal A 2.25 litre bottle of beer, today made principally as a tourist novelty.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Darwin, the Australian city where has been sold since 1958, + stubby ("small bottle of beer"), intended ironically.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Darwin stubby.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • 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