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stubbies

stubbies noun: a pair of elasticised shorts. Also the plural of stubbie.

Noun

stubbies

  1. (Australia, trademark erosion) A pair of elasticised shorts.
    • Stripped to the waist, in a straw hat and stubbies, he was driving in marker-posts with a hammer.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 117

Also used as

stubbies is also the plural of stubbie.

stubbies is also the plural of stubby.

Phrases with stubbies

Questions about stubbies

What does stubbies mean?
Stubbies means a pair of elasticised shorts.
What part of speech is stubbies?
Stubbies is a noun.

Words near stubbies in the dictionary

  1. Stubbes
  2. stubbie
  3. stubbie holder
  4. stubbie holders
  5. stubbier
  6. stubbies
  7. stubbiest
  8. stubbified
  9. stubbifies
  10. stubbify
  11. stubbifying

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