stubbies

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Noun

stubbies

1. plural of stubbie
2. plural of stubby
3. (Australia, trademark erosion) A pair of elasticised shorts.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 117:

     Stripped to the waist, in a straw hat and stubbies, he was driving in marker-posts with a hammer.