swanky
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swanky (comparative swankier, superlative swankiest)
- (informal) Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Tale-Bearer in Chief:
- His manner never had been modest or retiring. Now it was unmistakably swanky; he was putting on side to an extent that made fellows who observed him smile and shrug their shoulders.
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posh; elegant; ritzy
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swanky (countable and uncountable, plural swankies)
- Alternative form of swankie