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Definition of "swanked" [swanked]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of swank. (verb)

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Use "swanked" in a sentence
  • "Peter had been paying a flying week-end visit to the Seymours, and Sandy had taken a boy's instinctive liking to the brilliant writer who never "swanked," as the lad put it, but who understood so well the bitter disappointment of which Duncan"
  • "(‘Cause let’s face it: most criticism is really just swanked up bullshit)."
  • "Re-swanked by Keith McNally, the 72yr old Minetta now sports fresh tile floors, oak bar, and vampire red banquettes, but retains the yellowing wall murals and b&w photos of people remembered only by the joint's wizened, soon-to-be-muttering-outside-angrily ex-patrons."
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