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swank

n.
US //ˈswæŋk// UK //swˈæŋk// swank
Synonyms
Origin

From dialectal swank (“to strut, behave ostentatiously”), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English root, derived from Proto-Germanic swankijaną (“to cause to sway, swing”) or from Proto-Germanic swankaz (“lithe, bendsome, slender”), related to the Scots swank and the Middle High German swanken, modern German schwanken (“to sway”).

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