dab tros n.
a bad sort, an unpleasant person.
, | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. | |
Sl. Dict. | ||
Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 11: Dab tros - Bad sort. | ||
press cutting in Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 115/1: If a chap happens to be a dab tros he gets on better than a doogheno who keeps himself quiet and never lets anybody Tommy Tripe know how clever he is. | ||
Lingo 41: Thus the police became esclops, delo nammow is an old woman and a bad sort became a dob tros. |