Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swanny as an interjection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Swanlike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swanlike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
swan .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I was “fixin” to disconnect from the internet but “Aw swanny” this posting caught my eye.
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Reading your book at the moment, sounds very much like all of the once great forces and services of Her Most Royal Mag are going down the swanny. on April 13, 2009 at 7: 26 pm | Reply Log Entry
I’ll Do Anything Me. For Now That Is. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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My grandmother (born and bred in Pettigrew, Ark.) said “I swan” and “Ah, swanny.”
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That's Britain! is essentially a primetime assortment of those gleeful "oof, Britain is down the swanny" chunterings that Nigel Farage treats us all to on Question Time, usually greeted by light applause from two women who mistakenly thought he was passionate about hanging baskets.
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Make mine DC, I guess. although, the Justice League seems to have gone right down the swanny, and roped in half the Teen Titans for it's roster.
Editorial Diatribe from the Catacombs: Avengers Assemble (or not)! Chuck Wells 2010
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Plus: Stadium plans that went down the swanny, German team-naming conventions, and how Cambodian league football spreads it about.
Has a referee ever won an international cap? Scott Murray 2010
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Yes, another £200million down the swanny, paid for by your good selves.
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August 4, 2009 at 9:25 am oh wait … *turns hed sideewais* ifink dees bee swans … Butt da paaper haz a pinny gig printed onit — berry berry swange, butt kyoot pinny gig swanny ting, wif stapols ….
I iz in ur scanner - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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It is high time someone makes a point of this in high places and starts to change the old die-hard attitudes which are selling our children down the swanny!
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Yes, another £200million down the swanny, paid for by your good selves.
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sionnach commented on the word swanny
swan or swanny: meaning "swear" -
As used in the (Southern?) expressions, "Well, I swan" or "Now, I swanny!"
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word swanny derives from the dialect of the north of England: I s' wan ye, "I shall warrant ye."
November 11, 2008