dusty. not feeling good - not of great quality - less than 'it' should be pertaining to quality: Hit the turps last - feelin pretty dusty this mornin'.
If something has been around for a really long time and it's worn-out, stale, or unoriginal, you can also call it dusty. If you're a stand up comedian whose been working the same act for thirty years, chances are your jokes are getting a little dusty.
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)
“Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it's used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral. In Australia, you'll also hear mate used in an ironic sense.
The term dusty is referred to the taste of the wine. Dusty wines are described as being rusty. This is usually caused by high levels of tannins. Other similar terms that it associates with are earthy and outdoorsy.
Dusties: Vintage whiskey. The term originally referred to the fact that these vintage bottles would be coated in a layer of dust after years of sitting on store shelves unnoticed. Dusty hunting: Searching for vintage whiskey.
So what is a dusty bourbon? Well… it's just an old bourbon. The idea was that these were bottles that used to sit on the shelves and collect dust. Now a days, these are rare gems and lots of bourbon hunters go crazy looking for them.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
Verb. (Australia, slang, dated) To kiss and cuddle; to canoodle.
Short form of Dustin, which is from the Old Norse steinn, meaning "stone". Also made popular as a female name by the 1960s singer Dusty Springfield.
adjective, dust·i·er, dust·i·est. filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust. of the nature of dust; powdery.
If places, roads, or other things outside are dusty, they are covered with tiny bits of earth or sand, usually because it has not rained for a long time.
synonyms for dusty
On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dusty, such as: chalky, dirty, sandy, arenaceous, arenose, and crumbly.
dusty (adj.)
early 13c., "filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust," from Old English dustig; see dust (n.) + -y (2). As "of the hue of dust; cloudy" from 1670s. Related: Dustiness.
Covered with dust.
traps, trappers or jacks – police. These Australianisms have been largely replaced by the international cops, coppers, pigs or bacon. However the older, more affectionate wallopers is also still used.
Yeah nah yeah = yes. No wonder you're confused! A commonly-used word here is mate, which normally means friend. But pay attention to the person's tone when they say it – sometimes, it's used in a passive-aggressive way, and it probably means the opposite of friend!
Oi /ɔɪ/ is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the ...
Beaut!/Beauty!: beaut, beauty or 'you beauty' is a very Australian way to say that something is great.
In an interview on Triple J radio, Koby Abberton pointed out that "Bra" is a reference to the gang's suburb, Maroubra, and partly after the street slang for brother. Some members of the gang tattoo "My Brother's Keeper" across the front of their chest, "Bra Boys" and Maroubra's postcode "2035" on their backs.
Mr. Ackerman, himself a filmmaker by trade, is also a dusty hunter: an antique collector who only searches for still-sealed bottles of vintage alcohol, usually American whiskey.
If you're new to whiskey enthusiasm, bourbons referred to as “dusty” are older releases still found sitting on retail shelves; in other words, older bottles found literally collecting dust.
An Irish whiskey created by Sadler's Ales in Birmingham. Harking back to Brum's colourful 1920s' post-war past and the Anglo-Irish Peaky Blinders gang, it's a small-batch, triple-distilled, blended Irish whiskey, with balanced fruit and spice. 40%