Lexicographical Neighbors of Swankies
Literary usage of Swankies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"56. WHITTER, s. Loquacity, prattle. " Hold your The winking swankies n'hilter,
And fondly ее some female band Sail by in smirking titter. ..."
2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1902)
"At e'en, in the gloaming, nae swankies are roaming 'Boot stacks wi' the lasses
at bogle to play ; But flk ane sits eerie, Lamenting her dearie— The Flowers ..."
3. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"At e'en, in the gloaming, nae swankies are roaming 'Bout stacks wi' the lasses
... 466. swankies] lusty lads. bogle] bogey, hide-and-seek, dool] mourning. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"At e'en at the gloamin, nae swankies are roamin." SWANKY, small beer. Flowers of
the Forest. SWAP, an immature and partially-filled pod. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"The young ploughmen have assembled for the sharpening of their " irons "—their
coulters and their socks—and one or other of these stalwart "swankies" ..."
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