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swy

swy noun: a two-shilling coin.

Noun

swy (plural swies)

  1. (Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
  2. (Australia) Two-up.
    • “ […] Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob at Swy.”1951, Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, 1957, Come In Spinner, page 306
    • “Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy.”1953, Tom Inglis Moore, editor, Australia Writes, page 3
  3. (Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.

Forms of swy

pluralswies

Origin of swy

From German zwei (“two”). Doublet of tway.

Questions about swy

What does swy mean?
Swy means a two-shilling coin.
What part of speech is swy?
Swy is a noun.
What is the plural of swy?
The plural of swy is swies.

Words near swy in the dictionary

  1. swung through
  2. swungen
  3. swunk
  4. swunken
  5. swunny
  6. swy
  7. Swyer syndrome
  8. Swyer-James syndrome
  9. Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome
  10. Swygert
  11. Swygerts

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