Meanings
swankie1
nounswankie (plural swankies)
plural swankies · alternative swanky
- ScotlandAn 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., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC
swankie2
nounswankie (uncountable)
alternative swanky
- obsoleteuncountablePoor thin beer or any sloppy drink, even sweetened water and vinegar.
Origin
Compare German schwank (“flexible, pliant”).
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APA
swankie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swankie
MLA
“swankie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swankie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swankie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swankie.
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