Definition of "swede" [swede]

• See rutabaga. (noun)

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• "Michel Gondry, the movie’s director, has now filmed a spoof (or as the characters in the movie call it – swede) of his own movie’s trailer, in the spirit of the characters in his movie."
• "I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter."
• "Would scarce have pluck to sneak a swede from the mulls"