Meanings
durry1
plural durries · alternative durrie
- AustraliaNew ZealandcolloquialA cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.First known use 20th c.
This was the first thing Yolanda knew in the dark morning. (That and where's my durries?)
2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 33 more examples
“Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.”
2003, C. C. Saint-Clair, Far from Maddy, page 224He pulled a tobacco pouch out of his pocket with a plastic bag containing what had to be a mind-altering substance. “You′re welcome to join me in a durry,” he said, rolling himself a cigarette.
2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, page 118He thought for a moment as he deftly rolled the paper and tobacco into a durry, licked the edge and stuck it down.
2007, Kevin Hallewell, Woop Woop, page 151Synonyms: cigarette
durry2
- alternativeAlternative spelling of dhurrie.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
Origin
durry · noun
Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
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Cite this entry
durry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durry
“durry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/durry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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