swarry
(ˈswɒrɪ)
Also -ee, -ey.
Humorous spelling of soirée (repr. a vulgar or careless Eng. pronunciation).
| 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxxvii, A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xlii, At one of her swarreys I saw one of 'em speak to a dam fiddler. 1884 Illustr. Lond. News 15 Nov. 467/2 The complaint of the ‘English Hostess’ that ladies and gentlemen invited to dinner have become so..unpunctual that, as the lady calls it: ‘There will be no dinners in London and we shall be reduced to cold swarries.’ |