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warbier

warbier is the comparative form of warby.

Meaning of warby

Adjective

warby (comparative warbier, superlative warbiest)

  1. (Australia, dated, derogatory, slang) Unkempt, disreputable.
    • '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?'1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers, Pymble, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson, published 1994, →ISBN, page 260

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Questions about warbier

What is warbier the comparative form of?
Warbier is the comparative form of warby.

Words near warbier in the dictionary

  1. warb
  2. warbag
  3. warbags
  4. warband
  5. warbands
  6. warbier
  7. warbiest
  8. warbird
  9. warbirds
  10. warblade
  11. warblades

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