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Traditional English :: swanky
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swanky.html - adj. (swankier, swankiest) 1 marked by swank; ostentatiously smart or showy. 2 (of a person) inclined to swank; boastful. swankily adv. swankiness n. |
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Traditional English :: swank
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swanky.html - n., v., & adj. colloq. --n. ostentation, swagger, bluff. --v.intr. behave with swank; show off. --adj. esp. US = SWANKY. [19th c.: orig. uncert.] |
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Traditional English :: swankpot
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swanky.html - n.
Brit. colloq. a person behaving with swank. |
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Traditional English :: swanky
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swanky.html - adj. (swankier, swankiest) 1 marked by swank; ostentatiously smart or showy. 2 (of a person) inclined to swank; boastful. swankily adv. swankiness n. |
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English Idioms :: swan song
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swanky.html - {n. phr.}, {literary} A farewell or last appearance. * /The famous soprano gave her swan song in La Traviata before she retired./ |
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Traditional English :: swan
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swanky.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a large water-bird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, and in most species snow-white plumage.
2 literary a poet. --v.intr. (swanned, swanning) (usu. foll. by about, off, etc.) colloq. move or go aimlessly or casually or with a superior air. swan-dive US = swallow-dive (see SWALLOW(2) )). swan-neck a curved structure shaped like a swan's neck. Swan of Avon literary Shakespeare. swan-upping Brit. the annual taking up and marking of Thames swans. swanlike adj. & adv. [OE f. Gmc] |
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