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swankie

swankie noun: an active and clever young fellow.

Noun (1)

swankie (plural swankies)

  1. (Scotland) An active and clever young fellow.
    • There is a young swankie here who shoots venison well.1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co....

Noun (2)

swankie (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Poor thin beer or any sloppy drink, even sweetened water and vinegar.

Forms of swankie

pluralswankies
alternative formswanky

Origin of swankie

Compare German schwank (“flexible, pliant”).

Questions about swankie

What does swankie mean?
Swankie means an active and clever young fellow.
What part of speech is swankie?
Swankie is a noun.
What is the plural of swankie?
The plural of swankie is swankies.

Words near swankie in the dictionary

  1. swanker
  2. swankers
  3. swankest
  4. swankey
  5. swankeys
  6. swankie
  7. swankier
  8. swankies
  9. swankiest
  10. swankily
  11. swankiness

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