stubbie

noun

Etymology

From stub + -ie.

  1. derived from *(s)tew-
  2. inherited from *stubbaz
  3. inherited from *stubb
  4. inherited from stybb
  5. inherited from stubbe
  6. suffixed as stubbie — “stub + ie

Definitions

  1. A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape

    A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.

    • 2006, Tom Conyers, Morse Code for Cats, 2008, Zeus Publications, Australia, page 59, Joe drank his lone stubbie of light beer like it was poison – which isn′t far wrong.
    • Every time you throw your Coke can or your stubbie, or leave your McDonald′s wrapper on the beach, you spoil our beautiful pristine coastline.
    • The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you′re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stubbie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA