stubbyn.
/ˈstʌbi/, U.S. /ˈstəbi/, Australian English /ˈstʌbi/ Australian slang.
1. A short, squat beer-bottle with a capacity of 375 ml. Also in combinations, as stubby beer bottle.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for beer or cider
beer-pot1546
black pot1582
beer-glass1594
beer-barrel1603
beer-bombard1652
stound1674
beer-vat1837
beer-bottle1839
stein1855
tunning cask1891
bulk barrel1905
seidel1922
schooner1934
stubby1957
1957 Encycl. Brit. IV. 106/2 A variety of standardized forms and sizes of bottles are in use, including the so-called Stubby, Steinie, Packie, Export and Single Trip bottles.
1966 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 8 May 33/7 Well-known transport man generally likes to have a ‘stubbie’ of beer at home each evening.
1968 F. Hardy Unlucky Australians 49 He threw an empty stubby into the box and went to the refrigerator for a full one.
1969 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 23 Nov. 37/7 Both as a safety measure and a fight against litter, I advocate the absolute banning of the stubby beer bottle.
1972 G. Morley Jockey rides Honest Race 165 Phil opened the freezer and pulled out four stubbies.
1977 Mod. Boating (Austral.) Jan. 88/1 Buy another stubby at the bar to gather strength to try again in half an hour.
2. Usually plural. Shorts (see short n. 7d).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts
short1826
half pants1838
trouserettes1875
chuddies1885
shorty1942
short shorts1946
stubby1977
1977 Australian 7 Apr. 3 Stubbies—the football shorts with pockets—have become an international fashion... Although the Stubby is a very Australian name—thought of in the context of short shorts to go with short bottles of beer—Mr Phillips is confident they will become as American as apple pie.
1982 Guardian 18 Dec. 11 ‘Stubbies’, slang for both the shorts they wear..and the bottles from which they drink.
1982 Guardian 18 Dec. 11/4 (caption) ‘Stubbies’ (shorts) and pot bellies predominate on Australia's popular side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
stubbyadj.
/ˈstʌbi/, U.S. /ˈstəbi/ 1. Of the nature of a stub; short and thick or broad.
a. of a root, plant, etc.
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the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by size or stature > [adjective] > of particular size or stature
littleeOE
lessOE
lesser?a1425
dwarf1548
stubby1572
least1597
pumil1776
tall1789
1572 L. Mascall tr. D. Brossard L'Art et Maniere de Semer iv, in Bk. Plant & Graffe Trees 17 If ye breake of the olde stubby roote and set them lower, they wil last a long time the more.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva iii. 11 Abating only the tap-roots, which is that down-right, and stubby part of the Roots (which all Trees rais'd of Seeds do universally produce).
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. 30 [A rhinoceros horn.] At the base,..surrounded with a Garland of black and stubby Bristles.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Stubby, short and thick, short and strong.
1851 I. J. Mechi 2nd Paper on Brit. Agric. 32 There are millions of stubby pollards.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 180 The hackthorns..have low square tops, strong and very dense, with short stubby sharp thorns.
1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. Short, stubby buffalo grass, which shed off what little rain that did fall.
1904 Daily News 8 July 5 A well-grown, ‘stubby’ plant..some~times has..27 trusses of bloom all expanded at once.
b. Of a person, beast, a limb, etc.: Short and thick-set in figure.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > type of
stubby1831
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. xxvi. 216 Her fat stubby finger.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins II. xiv. 318 A short stubby man.
1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. I. iv. 76 The poet..knocked his stubby little adversary down.
1891 Daily News 2 July 7/3 The lad is described as of medium height for his age, being a bit stubby.
1910 Spectator 10 Dec. 1026/1 The she-bear's short and stubby tail.
c. Of a thing: Short and thick or broad in make; also short and blunt as the result of wear.
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the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > made blunt
rabattued1562
rebated1574
stubbed1616
blunted1697
stubby1843
the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective] > as a result of wear
stubby1843
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 447 A piece of cane the end of which is split into filaments to make a stubby brush.
1891 E. Dawson Fountain of Youth iv. 39 I have still..his calculation of the amount..written with a stubby pencil.
1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being v. 48 From all three funnels of a high, stubby cruiser the smoke of a London factory insulted the clean air.
1899 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr. (1902) 30 The serif..in old-style lower-case letters..is a blunt spur or a stubby triangle.
1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet xx. 307 It was a worn, stubby old quill.
1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire xxviii. 422 The mill is an old one..with a stubby chimney.
2. Abounding in or full of stubs. Chiefly of the hair or beard: Composed of short, stiff bristles.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > coarse, bristling
cursed1565
strong1576
stubby1609
setose1661
setaceous1664
bristling1760
setous1822
wire hair1845
stubbly1849
abristle1891
toothbrushy1904
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Knarry, knotty, stubbie.
1846 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) i. 23 He was short and awkward, with stubby light hair and a low forehead.
1887 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. II. viii. 147 An air of breeding and refinement..that the prison-dress and the stubby beard could not efface.
1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain xxii. 315 My grizzled stubby hair was turned snow-white.
Compounds
General attributive. In parasynthetic adjectives.
stubby-bearded adj.
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1898 Daily News 1 Aug. 5/6 The stubby-bearded weaver.
stubby-chinned adj.
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1870 Daily News 5 Sept. 6/1 A slouching, undersized, stubby-chinned ruffian.
stubby-legged adj.
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1871 in F. J. Furnivall Ballads from MSS Introd. 76 Stubby-legd Margery Mylkeducke.
stubby-toed adj.
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1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 9 The gallant Colonel was impelled to..trip away as smartly as his stubby-toed high-heeled boots would permit.
Derivatives
ˈstubbiness n. (In recent dictionaries.)
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1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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