Definition of Swankeys

1. swankey [n] - See also: swankey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swankeys

swan upping
swanee whistle
swanflower
swang
swangs
swanherd
swanherds
swanimote
swanimotes
swank
swanked
swanker
swankers
swankest
swankey
swankeys (current term)
swankie
swankier
swankies
swankiest
swankily
swankiness
swankinesses
swanking
swankpot
swankpots
swanks
swanky
swanlike
swanling

Literary usage of Swankeys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs by John Bell (1812)
"... Nae swankeys are roaming, 'Mang stacks, wi' the lasses, at bogle to play ; But ilk ane sits dreary, Lamenting her deary ..."

2. The Bombay Quarterly Review (1857)
"In the same way there are few Dobbins, and a vast number of swankeys. Military men cannot but acknowledge the estimable and manly qualities of the first, ..."

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