Meaning & use
SWAK
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An old-fashioned acronym for "sealed with a kiss," traditionally written on the back of an envelope or at the end of a love letter.
See it in a sentence
She signed the letter "Love, Anna," then added "SWAK" beside the sealed flap.
Soldiers often wrote SWAK on envelopes to their sweethearts during wartime.
A note on using this word
Popular in mid-20th-century correspondence, especially among soldiers writing home, and now used mostly nostalgically or playfully.
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