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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
swank .
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Examples
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Peter had been paying a flying week-end visit to the Seymours, and Sandy had taken a boy's instinctive liking to the brilliant writer who never "swanked," as the lad put it, but who understood so well the bitter disappointment of which Duncan
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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(‘Cause let’s face it: most criticism is really just swanked up bullshit).
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Re-swanked by Keith McNally, the 72yr old Minetta now sports fresh tile floors, oak bar, and vampire red banquettes, but retains the yellowing wall murals and b&w photos of people remembered only by the joint's wizened, soon-to-be-muttering-outside-angrily ex-patrons.
Thrillist: Minetta Tavern Thrillist 2010
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At he very least, with all that fake grandeur, he should have swanked out in a toga.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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They've kept some of the old fixtures, but swanked up the place with red walls and dim lighting to give it a cozy bordello feel.
Sheddy's... Almost tannaz 2008
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They've kept some of the old fixtures, but swanked up the place with red walls and dim lighting to give it a cozy bordello feel.
Archive 2008-03-01 tannaz 2008
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Met the lovely Ken Scholes and a few days later his even lovelier wife, Jen West Scholes and swanked about chatting.
The WorldCon Report: Day Two of Adventures in Denver gailcarriger 2008
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While Khaled Meshal, Hamas's Damascus-based leader swanked about his group's achievement and the proof this gave of order being brought to Gaza, Fatah took a different line.
Archive 2007-07-01 Richard 2007
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While Khaled Meshal, Hamas's Damascus-based leader swanked about his group's achievement and the proof this gave of order being brought to Gaza, Fatah took a different line.
Rejoice, rejoice but ask a few questions Helen 2007
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You should see the looks on the faces of the Eastern Europeans living in a Luton street, just the other day, as two young Muslim kids swanked past them in a new Ferrari sports car.
Moslem master's & Christian sex slave within England Lionheart 2007
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