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Definition of Swipples
1. swipple [n] - See also: swipple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swipples
Literary usage of Swipples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"In December 1619, twelve "swipples to the ... In January 1621,
eight "hollin-swipples" (flail blades of holly) cost <;<l. SYLE. ..."
2. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1858)
"In December 1619, twelve "swipples to the ... In January 1621,
eight "hollin-swipples" (flail blades of holly) cost 6d. SYLE. In the Accounts,
in July 1601, ..."
3. Catholicon anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook, dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1881)
"... and furnishing them with swipples and flaue bandes.' See the account of the
fight in the Tournament of Tottenham, 167 : ' Of sum were the ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"In December 1619, twelve "swipples to the ... In January 1621,
eight "hollin-swipples" (flail blades of holly) cost <;<l. SYLE. ..."
5. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1858)
"In December 1619, twelve "swipples to the ... In January 1621,
eight "hollin-swipples" (flail blades of holly) cost 6d. SYLE. In the Accounts,
in July 1601, ..."
6. Catholicon anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook, dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1881)
"... and furnishing them with swipples and flaue bandes.' See the account of the
fight in the Tournament of Tottenham, 167 : ' Of sum were the ..."
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