单词 | warb |
释义 | warb Austral. slang.|wɔːb| [Perh. f. warble n.2] A lazy, unkempt, or contemptible person (see also quot. 1959).
1933L. Robinson in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 215 We were both of us what, in the back country, are called ‘warbs’, meaning confirmed and irredeemable loafers. 1959Baker Drum (1960) ii. 155 Warb, a low-paid manual worker. 2. A dirty or untidy person. 3. A simpleton or fool. 1967K. Tennant Tell Morning This 201 But it's a no-hoper's jail—a lot of old warbs and kids mixed up with coves like Amos the Cannibal and chaps that razors bounce off. |

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