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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: swank 'to behave showily and boastfully' (19-21 centuries), perhaps from Middle High German swanken 'to move unsteadily from one side to another'

swanky

 adjective
     
swank‧y informal
very fashionable and expensive:
eating meals at swanky hotels
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