"darb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: darbs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b Head templates: {{en-noun}} darb (plural darbs)
  1. (Australia, slang) A cigarette. Tags: Australia, slang Categories (topical): Smoking Synonyms (cigarette): death stick, durrie
    Sense id: en-darb-en-noun-63L~7XNP Disambiguation of Smoking: 90 10 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'cigarette': 100 0
  2. (slang) Something beautiful, a charm, a peach. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-darb-en-noun-Ff~eBg4~

Inflected forms

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