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Definition of Swinking

1. swink [v] - See also: swink

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Swinking

swingy swing about swing around swing door swing music swing out swing over swing shift swing voter swinish

swinishly swinishness swinishnesses swink swinked swinking (current term) swinks swinney swinneys swipe

swiped swiper swipers swipes swipey swipier swipiest swiping swiple swiples

Literary usage of Swinking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... That God in holy church honoureth : For whan hir swinking is agone, They rede and sing in church ..."

2. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"... And yit ful many a monk laboureth, That god in holy chirche honoureth; For whan hir swinking is ..."

3. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest; the by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"... (Contemporary English poet) WHAT is he hammering there, That devil swinking in Hell? Oh, he forges a cunning New Year, God knows he does it well. ..."

4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... That God in holy church honoureth : For whan hir swinking is agone, They rede and sing in church ..."

5. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"... And yit ful many a monk laboureth, That god in holy chirche honoureth; For whan hir swinking is ..."

6. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest; the by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"... (Contemporary English poet) WHAT is he hammering there, That devil swinking in Hell? Oh, he forges a cunning New Year, God knows he does it well. ..."

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