drabs

/D R AE1 B Z/
noun
  1. 1

    (by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.

  2. 2

    A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.

  3. 3

    The color of this fabric.

  4. 4

    Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.

  5. 5

    (chiefly transgender slang) An instance of a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth instead of that corresponding to their internal gender identity (most commonly a trans woman dressed as a man).

  6. 6

    (dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.

  7. 7

    (dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.

  8. 8

    A small amount, especially of money.

  9. 9

    (obsolete, slang) Poison.

  10. 10

    A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

adjective
  1. 1

    (by extension) Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.

  2. 2

    Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.

verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive, obsolete) To consort with prostitutes; to whore.

  2. 2

    (obsolete, slang) To poison.