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Definition of Swooper
1. one that swoops [n -S] - See also: swoops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swooper
Literary usage of Swooper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1900)
"swooper, for two-year-olds ; five furlongs. by Endurance—Eagle, 8st. 7lb. ...
swooper. July 28th.—The July Handicap of 500 sovs. ; one mile and a quarter. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"LUM-swooper. A chimney-sweeper. North. LUN. The same as Loo, qv LUNARY. The herb
moon-wort. This herb was formerly believed to open the locks of horses'feet ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... sprinkled with water, and boiled in lumps of about the size of a nut, which,
when eaten, are found to be dry meal in the inside. North. LUM-swooper, ». ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"... sprinkled with water, and bulled in lumps of about the size of a nut, which,
when eaten, are found to he dry meal in the inside. North. LUM-swooper, ». ..."
5. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1900)
"swooper, for two-year-olds ; five furlongs. by Endurance—Eagle, 8st. 7lb. ...
swooper. July 28th.—The July Handicap of 500 sovs. ; one mile and a quarter. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"LUM-swooper. A chimney-sweeper. North. LUN. The same as Loo, qv LUNARY. The herb
moon-wort. This herb was formerly believed to open the locks of horses'feet ..."
7. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... sprinkled with water, and boiled in lumps of about the size of a nut, which,
when eaten, are found to be dry meal in the inside. North. LUM-swooper, ». ..."
8. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"... sprinkled with water, and bulled in lumps of about the size of a nut, which,
when eaten, are found to he dry meal in the inside. North. LUM-swooper, ». ..."
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