Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word swarries.
Examples
-
He was usefle in a thousand different ways, gitting oppra-boxes, and invitations to French swarries, bying gloves, and O de Colong, writing French noats, and such like.
-
He was usefle in a thousand different ways, gitting oppra-boxes, and invitations to French swarries, bying gloves, and O de
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
All night, at her ladyship's swarries, she thumped kidrills (nobody ever thought of asking HER to dance!); when Miss
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
We had our cab, and two riding horses; our banker's book, and a thousand pound for a balantz at Lafitt's; our club at the corner of the Rew Gramong; our share in a box at the oppras; our apartments, spacious and elygant; our swarries at court; our dinners at his excellency Lord Bobtail's and elsewhere.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
Lafitt’s; our club at the corner of the Rew Gramong; our share in a box at the oppras; our apartments, spacious and elygant; our swarries at court; our dinners at his excellency Lord
-
All night, at her ladyship’s swarries, she thumped kidrills
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.