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Definition of Swanked
1. swank [v] - See also: swank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swanked
Literary usage of Swanked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 88 Bis and V. I. H.: Letters from Two Hospitals by Katharine Foote (1919)
"Lights twinkled, Staff Officers swanked about, and Kilties gave a touch of color,
appearing a moment to vanish again in the gloom of the Rows. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1798)
"... is never spelt with the ». p. Buck and breast, for a coat of mail, would not
now be intelligible. 10. Sad-swanked is, at best, provincial; ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"BACK-swanked. Lean in the flank, a term applied to a horse. Miege. BACKSWORD.
The game of single-stick. Wilts. A backsword, properly speaking, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1852)
"BACK-swanked. Lean in the flank, a term applied to a horse. Miege. BACKSWORD.
The game of single-stick, ft'ilti. A backsword, properly speaking, ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"BACK-swanked, adj. Lean in the flank, applied to a horse. BACKSWORD, ». The game
of single-stick. Wilts. BACKWARD, ». To keep back ; to hinder. BACKWARD, ». ..."
6. 88 Bis and V. I. H.: Letters from Two Hospitals by Katharine Foote (1919)
"Lights twinkled, Staff Officers swanked about, and Kilties gave a touch of color,
appearing a moment to vanish again in the gloom of the Rows. ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1798)
"... is never spelt with the ». p. Buck and breast, for a coat of mail, would not
now be intelligible. 10. Sad-swanked is, at best, provincial; ..."
8. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"BACK-swanked. Lean in the flank, a term applied to a horse. Miege. BACKSWORD.
The game of single-stick. Wilts. A backsword, properly speaking, ..."
9. A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1852)
"BACK-swanked. Lean in the flank, a term applied to a horse. Miege. BACKSWORD.
The game of single-stick, ft'ilti. A backsword, properly speaking, ..."
10. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"BACK-swanked, adj. Lean in the flank, applied to a horse. BACKSWORD, ». The game
of single-stick. Wilts. BACKWARD, ». To keep back ; to hinder. BACKWARD, ». ..."
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