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swordies

swordies is the plural of swordie.

Meaning of 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

Questions about swordies

What is swordies the plural of?
Swordies is the plural of swordie.

Words near swordies in the dictionary

  1. swordgrass
  2. swordgrasses
  3. swordick
  4. swordicks
  5. swordie
  6. swordies
  7. swording
  8. swordknot
  9. swordlength
  10. swordlengths
  11. swordless

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