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English
Etymology
From German zwei. Doublet of tway.
Noun
swy (plural swies)
- (Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
- (Australia, games) Two-up.
- 1951, Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, 1957, Come In Spinner, page 306,
- “ Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob at Swy.”
1953, Tom Inglis Moore, editor, Australia Writes, page 3:“Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy.”
1990, Frank J. Hardy, Retreat Australia fair and other Great Australian Legends, page 121:‘ […] You′d swear a butterflied penny was spinning, especially in the night, playing under lights, but a good ringkeeper or any experienced swy player can pick a butterflied penny from the genuine spinning article.’
- (Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.