Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
swash . - Swaggering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Prov. Eng. Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective UK, dialect
soft likeoverripe fruit
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Examples
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*swishy, swashy, swishy, swashy, swishy, swashy* noise made walking across room in sassy leg warmers
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I am squealing with delight at the interaction between those swashy letters.
100 Layer Cake 2009
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Swishy swashy, swishy swashy, swishy swashy, through the tall grass that seems so impassable.
Archive 2009-12-01 Gumbo Lily 2009
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Swishy swashy, swishy swashy, swishy swashy, through the tall grass that seems so impassable.
We've got to go through it! Gumbo Lily 2009
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The result was a string of humorous stanzas bewailing the fate of a poet who is compelled by his vocation to fix his mind upon the love ecstasies of Princess Eboli, and listen at the same time to the swashy music of the wash-tub:
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901
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As their guest for the day I obtain an agreeable change of diet from the swashy preparations aboard the sampan, and learn much valuable information about the nature of the country ahead from their servants.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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The result was a string of humorous stanzas bewailing the fate of a poet who is compelled by his vocation to fix his mind upon the love ecstasies of Princess Eboli, and listen at the same time to the swashy music of the wash-tub:
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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Men worked on bare feet, with trousers rolled to their knees, and the slippery, swashy look of everything was horrible.
A Trip to Manitoba Mary FitzGibbon 1883
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A dingy, swashy, splashy afternoon in October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys.
Condensed Novels Bret Harte 1869
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A Dingy, swashy, splashy afternoon in October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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