swaddy

British

/ ˈswɒdɪ /

noun

slang a private soldier Compare squaddie

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Etymology

Origin of swaddy

C19: from dialect swad a country bumpkin

Example Sentences

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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.

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

From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward

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