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swinking |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr & vb n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.'' --Sir Samuel Freguson.
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