▪ I. swaddy, n. slang.
(ˈswɒdɪ)
Also swaddie, swoddy; cf. swatty.
[f. swad n.5 + -y.]
A soldier. Now generally superseded by squaddie.
| 1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Swoddy or Swod-gill, a soldier. 1828 Sporting Mag. XXIII. 176 In one of his journies from Lewes, Tom picked up some swaddies. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Swaddie, a discharged soldier. 1908 A. M. N. Lyons Arthur's ii. vii. 165 Up comes a swaddy in a red cap... ‘That's a policeman—military policeman. Don't you 'ave no larks with 'im.’ |
▪ II. ˈswaddy, a. rare—0.
[f. swad n.3 + -y1.]
Bearing ‘swads’ or pods.
| 1611 Cotgr., Goussu..coddie, hullie, huskie, swaddie. |