Sc. [Cf. next.] Strong and active, stout, strapping.
a. 1704. T. Brown, Lett. fr. Dead, II. (1707), 84. There goes a tall Ensign, there’s a swanking Fellow for you.
1818. Scott, Br. Lamm., xxiv. I lived on his land when I was a swanking young chield.
1877. Black, Green Past., xliv. Tall, swanking fellows with big riding-boots and loose jackets.
