swankeyn.²

Forms: Also swanky.

Etymology: Perhaps a use of swanky adjective (see swankie n.) with the connotation ‘thin, poor’.

dialect.

Small beer, or other poor or weak liquor. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > weak or inferior beer

small beer1498

small drinkc1525

tap-lash1623

pritch1673

grout1674

belch1706

whip-belly1738

penny-whip1786

swipes1796

strike-me-dead1824

inky-pinky1835

swankey1841

suds1904

near-beer1909

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 583.

1863 Tyneside Songs 25 We've Tom-an'-Jerry an' swanky shops, An' places where yor claes they pops.

a1872 Newfoundland Fisheries 110 (Schele de Vere) Each man..took his turn at the swankey pail.

1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 295 The captain certainly had sent them a couple of dozen of porter. But, as one explained.—What's the good of sich rubbishin' swankey?

1908 W. M. J. Williams King's Revenue xi. 80 The ‘Swankey shops’, which were houses where beer at 1½d. the quart was sold without a licence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	swankey
释义	swankeyn.² Forms: Also swanky. Etymology: Perhaps a use of swanky adjective (see swankie n.) with the connotation ‘thin, poor’. dialect. Small beer, or other poor or weak liquor. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > weak or inferior beer small beer1498 small drinkc1525 tap-lash1623 pritch1673 grout1674 belch1706 whip-belly1738 penny-whip1786 swipes1796 strike-me-dead1824 inky-pinky1835 swankey1841 suds1904 near-beer1909 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. 583. 1863 Tyneside Songs 25 We've Tom-an'-Jerry an' swanky shops, An' places where yor claes they pops. a1872 Newfoundland Fisheries 110 (Schele de Vere) Each man..took his turn at the swankey pail. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 295 The captain certainly had sent them a couple of dozen of porter. But, as one explained.—What's the good of sich rubbishin' swankey? 1908 W. M. J. Williams King's Revenue xi. 80 The ‘Swankey shops’, which were houses where beer at 1½d. the quart was sold without a licence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.²1841
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