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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
swank .
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Examples
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"Mr Gillray has been much solicited to publish a caricature of me and intends doing so!" he swanks.
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In the post-apocalyptic future of Paolo Bacigalupi's "Ship Breaker," the world is sharply divided into "rust rats" and "swanks."
Review: 'Ship Breaker,' a post-apocalyptic thriller for young adults, by Paolo Bacigalupi Post 2010
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In the post-apocalyptic future of Paolo Bacigalupi's "Ship Breaker," the world is sharply divided into "rust rats" and "swanks."
Review: 'Ship Breaker,' a post-apocalyptic thriller for young adults, by Paolo Bacigalupi Post 2010
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In the seaside hamlets below, the international yacht-going swanks sleep off their nightly debauches, while the Istanbul showbiz set gossip in their Cavalli outfits.
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In the seaside hamlets below, the international yacht-going swanks sleep off their nightly debauches, while the Istanbul showbiz set gossip in their Cavalli outfits.
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He neither conceals his origins nor swanks about rising above them.
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I have been a guest on DESERT ISLAND DISCS twice, non-swanks, and both times I took Nancy Mitford ` s THE PURSUIT OF LOVE.
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I have been a guest on DESERT ISLAND DISCS twice, non-swanks, and both times I took Nancy Mitford ` s THE PURSUIT OF LOVE.
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I have been a guest on DESERT ISLAND DISCS twice, non-swanks, and both times I took Nancy Mitford ` s THE PURSUIT OF LOVE.
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Paris in a cafe, and inquired its meaning -- when you say of a man that he swanks.
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