swattyn.
/ˈswɒti/ U.S. slang.
= swaddy n.
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1901 H. W. Phillips Red Saunders 4 A flat-faced swatty at Fort Johnson halted me.
1901 Munsey's Mag. 24 481/2 A stray ‘swatty’ or two going back and forth between the post and Stringtown.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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