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1. durrie
Used throughout New Zealand and a large part of Australia as an all round term for a (tobacco) cigarette.

Despite my most concerted efforts, I have yet to find an acceptable etymology for this word. I can only surmise that it has been lost in the Mists Of Time.
E ta, bro, giz a durrie.
2. Durrie
(often, 'Durry')

Generic term for a cigarette in the Antipodeas, esp. Australia.
Short for 'Bull Durham' - an old brand of rolling tobacco.

"David Bradley, Australian Journal of Linguistics (1989) suggests that it may be derived from a widely used brand of loose tobacco used for roll-your-owns, Bull Durham, clipped and resuffixed with the most productive suffix for forming new colloquial words in Australian English."

Source: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DICTIONARY CENTRE
Please will you light my Durrie mate.
3. Durrie
Cigarette, Australian saying, commonly used in Queensland, sometimes not understood in other parts of Australia.
Spoken by the bevan, who carries in the other hand a stubbie of XXXX, Tooheys or VB



Hey bloke, can I scab a durrie off you?
by jamesbrown Apr 23, 2003 share this
4. Durrie
Australian term for cigarette.

Mainly used by the australian defence force.

'hey man, got a durrie?'
5. Durrie
A slang term for cigarette. Used mainly in Australia but sometimes New Zealand.
"Oi ranga!" "Yer mate?" "Passus a durrie would ya!"
6. Durrie
An Australian slang term for a cigarette, usually a rollie.
may I buy a packet of durries, cheers mate?
by Draegath Mar 11, 2003 share this
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