swaddy

British  

/ ˈswɒdɪ /

noun

1. slang a private soldier Compare squaddie

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Etymology

Origin of swaddy

C19: from dialect swad a country bumpkin

Example Sentences

Swaddy, swod′i, n. a soldier, esp. a militiaman.

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“Oh, I say, I wish I warn’t a swaddy,” he whispered.

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Here, that’s not the way, swaddy,” he continued, joining the two soldiers, who, each still holding his musket in his hand, were fumbling awkwardly with the long ladder in carrying it across the yard.

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But you do wish you was a swaddy now, and wore a red coat instead of a blue.”

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Suddenly his eyes encountered the face of Canty over the left shoulder of the swaddy.

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