| 释义 |
quirley U.S. and Austral. slang.|ˈkwɜːlɪ|
Also quirly.
[f. quirl, var. querl v. + -y6.]
A (usu. hand-rolled) cigarette.
1932‘spindrift’ Yankee Slang 30 Quirly, quirley,..cigarette. 1940Amer. Speech XV. 335/2 A cigarette is a..lung-duster, or a quirley (or spill-quirley). (Note) Dr. R. D. Scott reports the use of quirley..among the cowpunchers of Arizona and New Mexico. 1945R. F. Adams Western Words 122/1 Quirly, the cowboy's name for his cigarette. 1953Baker Austral. Speaks iv. 106 To return to the field of popular Australianisms, here are some more items worthy of record..quirley, a cigarette; [etc.]. 1955W. Foster-Harris Look of Old West iv. 113 The cowboy's hand-built smoke was, as he called it, a quirly. |
