swanny

comparative swannier · superlative swanniest

1. Resembling or characteristic of a swan.

   a swanny glossiness of the neck

   1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

present singular third person swannies · participle present swannying · participle past swannied · past swannied

1. alternativeAlternative form of swan (“declare, swear”).

   I swanny! but that was a warm time for me, Miss—it sure was. There was that ol' she b'ar with her mouth as wide open as a church door or, so it looked to Jerry Todd.

   1913, Alice B. Emerson, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, Start Classics, →ISBN

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   I swanny if I ever felt so in my life! I was so anxious about that long letter that I sent to them to get printed for you, that I was dreadful loth to go in, and eenamost made up my mind to turn about and make tracks for the sloop agin!

   1843, Ann Sophia Stephens, High Life in New York, page 7

   Here I was, with Miss Marie looking at me, expecting me to say what she wanted me to say, and I knew the Good Lord was looking down on me, too, expecting me to tell the truth. I swanny, I didn't know what to do.

   2004, Ann Roscopf Allen, A Serpent Cherished, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 172

1. A nickname of the surnames Swan and Swann.