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swaddy

/ ˈswɒdɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a private soldier Compare squaddie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of swaddy1

C19: from dialect swad a country bumpkin

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