swordie

Noun

swordie (plural swordies)

1. (colloquial) A swordfish.
   • This picturesque and historic little place is the main centre for a really amazing sport—rod-fishing for swordfish, tiger or “mako” sharks, and kingfish. These fighting giants of the sea are undoubtedly among the finest game-fish known, and a man who has brought to the gaff a well-conditioned...1925, W. W. Dunsterville, “Big Game Fishing in New Zealand: After Swordfish and Tiger Sharks with Rod and Line”, in The Wide World Magazine, London, →OCLC, page 80, column 2
   • It’s our job to keep watch on the sea for’ard and on both beams for a fin, or for shoal fish where it’s likely a swordie will be. All you’ll see of a swordie will be his fin sticking above water and cutting it like a knife.1939, Arthur W[illiam] Upfield, “‘Fish-Oh!’”, in The Mystery of Swordfish Reef, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Paperback Fiction, published 1998, →ISBN, page 72