swy
swy · swies
Two-upTwo-up.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia)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.”
(Australia, slang)A two-year prison sentence.
(Australia, obsolete)A two-shilling coin.
Origin
From German zwei (“two”). Doublet of tway.From German zwei (“two”). Doublet of tway.
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