warby

See also: Warby

English

Etymology

Probably from warb +‎ -y, although the former is attested a few years later.[1][2]

Adjective

warby (comparative warbier, superlative warbiest)

  1. (Australia, slang, derogatory, dated) Unkempt, disreputable.
    • 1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers, Pymble, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, published 1994, →ISBN, page 260:
      'Of all the warby ideas,' he said, and in the spite of the rain and the prospect of a wet camp, in spite of everything, he was smiling at her, 'the warbiest is you going on your own. I guess Jimmy and me can give you a lift down to Orion for the cherry-pickin'. What say, Jimmy?'

References
  1. “warby, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. Jonathon Green (2024) “warby adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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