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swy noun- the gambling game two-up AUSTRALIA, 1913
Ultimately from German zwei (two), possibly via Yiddish. - The Police know they wouldn’t have a dog’s chance of stopping swy on the fields. — Bill Hornadge, The Ugly Australian, p. 165, 1952
- Shiners, split lips, enlarged lugs and various other contusions he regards as occupational hazards; and he plays a wiry game of swy even with an arm in a sling. — Geoff Wyatt, Saltwater Saints, p. 13, 1969
- two; a two-year prison sentence; two shillings; two pounds; two ounces of tobacco AUSTRALIA, 1921
- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
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