Lexicographical Neighbors of Swindging
Literary usage of Swindging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colloquies of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Edwin Johnson (1878)
"He was a swindging great Fellow, with a red Face, a paunch Gut, and a hopper
Arse : You would take him to be a Master of the Science, and one that I verily ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"... And over that, the jupon, blazoned fair With fiery dragon swindging his huge
tail, And broidered bordure, wrought in leafage rare Of braided strands of ..."
3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"For all his ceremonious cringing, He shall undergo a notable swindging; There is
now no more need of his engine ; Which no body, &c. ..."
4. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"Swingeing, often written swindging, is one of the good old English words which
tenaciously cling to the soil, and sound like echoes from a far-off age. ..."
5. New Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1895)
"... and swashed the brine Before the new and milder days of man, Had never rib
nor bray nor swindging fan Like his iron swimmer of the Clyde or Tyne, ..."
6. The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and by Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Odet de La Noue, Henry Smith (1880)
"... and ruffles-up his Crest, Shortens his body, sharpens his grim eye, And (staring
wide) he roareth hideously : Then often swindging, ..."
7. The Colloquies of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Edwin Johnson (1878)
"He was a swindging great Fellow, with a red Face, a paunch Gut, and a hopper
Arse : You would take him to be a Master of the Science, and one that I verily ..."
8. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"... And over that, the jupon, blazoned fair With fiery dragon swindging his huge
tail, And broidered bordure, wrought in leafage rare Of braided strands of ..."
9. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"For all his ceremonious cringing, He shall undergo a notable swindging; There is
now no more need of his engine ; Which no body, &c. ..."
10. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"Swingeing, often written swindging, is one of the good old English words which
tenaciously cling to the soil, and sound like echoes from a far-off age. ..."
11. New Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1895)
"... and swashed the brine Before the new and milder days of man, Had never rib
nor bray nor swindging fan Like his iron swimmer of the Clyde or Tyne, ..."
12. The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and by Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Odet de La Noue, Henry Smith (1880)
"... and ruffles-up his Crest, Shortens his body, sharpens his grim eye, And (staring
wide) he roareth hideously : Then often swindging, ..."
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