Lexicographical Neighbors of Swankers
Literary usage of Swankers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... and there used to be a lot of outrageous tarnation swankers meet there for a
night's spree, — fellows as carried bright ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... and there used to be a lot of outrageous tarnation swankers meet there for a
night's spree,—fellows us carried bright marlin'-spikes in their pockets ..."
3. That which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day by Richard Dehan (1918)
"The duchesses weren't amusing themselves, or trying to snub swankers. They were
just mothers—real mothers—trying to talk cricket to their boys. ..."
4. A Consulting Surgeon in the Near East by Alfred Herbert Tubby (1920)
"... the " swankers," etc., and caused much merriment. Amongst the staff of No.
15 General Hospital, Alexandria, there happened to be a considerable amount ..."
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