Swy

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A two-shilling coin. Australia, obsolete
  2. 2
    Two-up. Australia

    "1951, Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, 1957, Come In Spinner, page 306, “ […] Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob at Swy.”"

  3. 3
    A two-year prison sentence. Australia, slang

Synonyms

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two-up

Example

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"1951, Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, 1957, Come In Spinner, page 306, “ […] Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob at Swy.”"

Etymology

From German zwei (“two”). Doublet of tway.

Related phrases

two up

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