Sky vs Swy - What's the difference?
sky | swy |
(lb) A cloud.
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
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The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
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*:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky .
Heaven.
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(sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
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(colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
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(colloquial) to drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container
(Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
(Australia, games) Two-up.
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* 1990 , Frank J. Hardy, Retreat Australia fair and other Great Australian Legends ,
(Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
As an acronym sky
is s'uomen '''k'''ielitieteellinen ' y hdistys: linguistic association of finland.As a noun swy is
(australia|obsolete) a two-shilling coin.sky
English
Alternative forms
* skie (obsolete)Noun
(skies)Usage notes
Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.Synonyms
* firmament * heaven *Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
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- Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
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* 1000 English basic words ----swy
English
Noun
page 306,
- “Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob at Swy .”
page 3,
- “Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy .”
page 121,
- ‘You?d swear a butterflied penny was spinning, especially in the night, playing under lights, but a good ringkeeper or any experienced swy player can pick a butterflied penny from the genuine spinning article.’
