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Definition of Swotting
1. swot [v] - See also: swot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swotting
Literary usage of Swotting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"It's no use swotting up that sort of thing— they never set it in Exams, you know !
IN THE PIT. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1823)
"At swotting, aged 32, Sarah, wife of the Rer. John Bicker, leaving a husband and
six children to lament their loss. Feb. 12. At Acton, in the 77th year of ..."
3. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"... boggle at the English Bogey, once it is robbed of its wonted terrors, the
strain and tension of ' swotting', ' sapping ' and cramming all the way. ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1901)
"... to what fame this great man might have attained had he devoted his talents
wholly to that branch of University life instead of going in for " swotting! ..."
5. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"... swotting, 381. swole, 376. syrup (serap), 241 ; sv study, 374. stuff, 205.
stuffy, 20, 334. stump, 212. Cf. sv 25; and stunt, 400. stumps, 06. stunt,-s, ..."
6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"It's no use swotting up that sort of thing— they never set it in Exams, you know !
IN THE PIT. ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1823)
"At swotting, aged 32, Sarah, wife of the Rer. John Bicker, leaving a husband and
six children to lament their loss. Feb. 12. At Acton, in the 77th year of ..."
8. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"... boggle at the English Bogey, once it is robbed of its wonted terrors, the
strain and tension of ' swotting', ' sapping ' and cramming all the way. ..."
9. The English Illustrated Magazine (1901)
"... to what fame this great man might have attained had he devoted his talents
wholly to that branch of University life instead of going in for " swotting! ..."
10. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"... swotting, 381. swole, 376. syrup (serap), 241 ; sv study, 374. stuff, 205.
stuffy, 20, 334. stump, 212. Cf. sv 25; and stunt, 400. stumps, 06. stunt,-s, ..."
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