Etymology

Darwin stubby

Today it means: A 2.25 litre bottle of beer, today made principally as a tourist novelty. Full definition →

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The story

From Darwin, the Australian city where such bottles have been sold since 1958, + stubby (“small bottle of beer”), intended ironically.

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