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swankest

swankest is the superlative form of swank.

Meaning of swank

Adjective

swank (comparative swanker, superlative swankest)

  1. Fashionably elegant, posh.
    • The fish house or shack is built without windows, covered with tar paper to keep out the light and wind, and set on the ice over about ten feet of water in a spot off shore where fish have been known to habitate habitually. […] A couple of boxes to sit on and a plank or mat for your feet and a...1939 January 13, Norrie Jackson, “With the Alumni”, in The Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume XXXIX, number 13, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 307, columns 1–2

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Questions about swankest

What is swankest the superlative form of?
Swankest is the superlative form of swank.

Words near swankest in the dictionary

  1. swanimotes
  2. swank
  3. swanked
  4. swanker
  5. swankers
  6. swankest
  7. swankey
  8. swankeys
  9. swankie
  10. swankier
  11. swankies

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