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swy
noun 3
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3ADJ.
experienced, last
VERB + SWY
play
SWY + NOUN
player
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noun
1
A two-shilling coin.
2
Two-up.
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.”
“Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy.”
3
A two-year prison sentence.
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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.”
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“Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy.”
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‘[…]You′d swear a butterflied penny was spinning, especially in the night, playing under lights, but a good ringkeeper or any experienced swy player can pick a butterflied penny from the genuine spinn
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