swaddy
/ˈswɒdi
/noun (plural swaddies) British informal, dated
A private soldier.He is hard-drinking, fighting everybody from the neighbourhood gossip to the swaddies....
- In one of his journies from Lewes, Tom picked up some swaddies.
- Up comes a swaddy in a red cap.
Origin
Early 19th century: from dialect swad 'soldier', perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
- young-ladydom
- young ladyhood
- young ladyish
- young-ladylike
- young ladyship
- youngling
- young lion
- young-looking
- youngly
- young man
- young-manhood
- young-manish
- young-mannish
- young master
- Young, Neil
- youngness
- young offender
- young offender institution
- young-old
- young one
- separate the sheep from the goats
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- separation
- separation anxiety
- separation of powers