aswagger

English

Etymology

a- +‎ swagger

Adverb

aswagger (not comparable)

  1. Swaggering, with a proud or boastful swaying gait.
    • 1911, Robert J.C. Stead, “The Son of Marquis Noddle” in Songs of the Prairie, Toronto: William Briggs, p. 55,
      he tries to walk a-swagger with a military chest
    • 1926, Wilbur Daniel Steele, “Out of the Wind” in Urkey Island, New York: Harcourt, Brace, p. 276,
      [she] looked at her husband, a-swagger with his hat on the back of his head and a laugh on his lips,
    • 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, Part 5, Chapter 4, p. 570,
      Crisp little men aswagger with assets.
    • 2001, David Tod Roy (translator), The Plum in the Golden Vase, Princeton University Press, Volume 2, Chapter 29, p. 191,
      The other is all aswagger as she brandishes / her implacable sword.
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