swaddy
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of swaddy
C19: from dialect swad a country bumpkin
Example Sentences
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Suddenly his eyes encountered the face of Canty over the left shoulder of the swaddy.
From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward
That I may never, if a finer swaddy ever crossed my hands.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
But you do wish you was a swaddy now, and wore a red coat instead of a blue.”
From Middy and Ensign by Rowlandson, G. D.
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