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Swy vs Saya - What's the difference?

swy | saya |

Saya is often a misspelling of swy.


Saya has no English definition.

As a noun swy

is a two-shilling coin.

swy

English

Noun

  • (Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
  • (Australia, games) Two-up.
  • * 1951 , , 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 .”
  • * 1953 , Tom Inglis Moore (editor), Australia Writes , page 3,
    • “Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this — swy .”
  • * 1990 , Frank J. Hardy, Retreat Australia fair and other Great Australian Legends , 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.’
  • (Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.

    • saya

    Not English

    Saya has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'saya':

    sky, say, sea, ska, schwa, shay, soy, shy, sway, showy, skua, suya, soya, skyey, sooey, shea, skiey, sowwy, suey, swy