Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

durry

/ˈdʌ.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: dur-ry
IPA: /ˈdʌ.ɹi/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Colloquial

noun

Alternative spelling of dhurrie.

Example Sentences

"“Fire-head lady, you got a smoke?” asks the younger of the two men. “You got a durry. Cigarette.”"
"He 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."
"He thought for a moment as he deftly rolled the paper and tobacco into a durry, licked the edge and stuck it down."
"This was the first thing Yolanda knew in the dark morning. (That and where's my durries?)"

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdʌ.ɹi/
British English: /ˈdʌ.ɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

durries (plural) durrie (alternative)

Synonyms

cigarette

Rhymes With

worry murray hurry curry bury surrey flurry moray slurry fort mcmurray surry scurry

Questions

How do you pronounce durry?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌ.ɹi/.
What does durry mean?: A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
Where does durry come from?: Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

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