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swankies

swankies is the plural of swankie.

swankies is the plural of swanky.

Meaning of swankie

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.

Meaning of swanky

Adjective

swanky (comparative swankier, superlative swankiest)

  1. (informal) Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
    • His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Tale-Bearer in Chief
    Synonyms:
    swank, swankish

Questions about swankies

What is swankies the plural of?
Swankies is the plural of swankie.

Words near swankies in the dictionary

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

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