slang. [f. SWANK sb.2 or v. + -Y.] Swaggering; ‘swagger,’ pretentiously grand.
1847. Akerman, Wiltshire Gloss., Swankey, swaggering, strutting.
1883. in Hampsh. Gloss.
1912. World, 6 Aug., 243/2. Some girls have such awfully swanky ideas, haven’t they?
