Meaning of Swank | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fashionably elegant person.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Ostentation; bravado.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Us Morans don't like⟳ swanks, and that girl was a swank. Stuck-up rich girl. She wore a practically new gabardine with the same paper Union Jack flag as me, only hers was tucked into her coat buttonhole, behind a gold cat pasted with jewels.”

“'It is mere swank sending it to us,' said he. 'We have⟳ to be there whatever happens, as the hangman said to the murderer.'”

“Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide⟳ the enormous power of that body—he seemed to fill⟳ those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see⟳ a great pack⟳ of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.”

“Huge waves keep⟳ coming in over the front and I have⟳ seen the boat nearly go under any number⟳ of times. All the others pretend⟳ to take⟳ no notice⟳ of this, either from swank or because Harold says one of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut⟳ their eyes to Facts.”

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