“[…]Coupla bastards come the raw prawn over me on the last lap up from Melbourne and I done me last bob atSwy.”
1953, Tom Inglis Moore, editor,Australia Writes,page 3:
“Then I come,” Kernow said, “and maybe I show you Old Australians how to play this —swy.”
1990, Frank J. Hardy,Retreat Australia fair and other Great Australian Legends,page121:
‘[…]You′d swear a butterflied penny was spinning, especially in the night, playing under lights, but a good ringkeeper or any experiencedswy player can pick a butterflied penny from the genuine spinning article.’