swordieEtymologyFrom sword(fish) + -ie.nounA swordfish.“This picturesque and historic little place is the main centre for a really amazing sport—rod-fishing for swordfish, tiger or “mako” sharks, and kingfish. These fighting giants of the sea are undoubtedly among the finest game-fish known, and a man who has brought to the gaff a well-conditioned “swordie” of three hundred pounds or so, or a “mako” which turns the scale at a good four hundred pounds, ”