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Definition of Swished
1. swish [v] - See also: swish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swished
Literary usage of Swished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of Eton and Etonians: Including My Life at Eton, 1854-1863, and by Alfred Lubbock, Robin. Lubbock (1899)
"I got on pretty well, and scamped my work as much as possible, but didn't get to
the end of the half without managing to be swished for idleness. ..."
2. The Bookman (1917)
"He is perfectly ingenuous and quite helpless about it, but his friend sees that
he is bound to be "sent to the Head to be swished." And presently the big ..."
3. Memories of Eton and Etonians: Including My Life at Eton, 1854-1863, and by Alfred Lubbock, Robin. Lubbock (1899)
"I got on pretty well, and scamped my work as much as possible, but didn't get to
the end of the half without managing to be swished for idleness. ..."
4. The Bookman (1917)
"He is perfectly ingenuous and quite helpless about it, but his friend sees that
he is bound to be "sent to the Head to be swished." And presently the big ..."
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