2. Verb. (third-person singular of swot) ¹
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Definition of Swots
1. swot [v] - See also: swot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swots
Literary usage of Swots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay (1920)
"Then comes a great company of which the House recks nothing, and of whom House
history has little to tell — the Cave-Dwellers, the swots, the Smugs, ..."
2. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"... who shall be swots to try the cause according to evidence, and the commissioner
or ]»«? shall preside at the trial, and determine the competency of the ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850)
"I have often heard military men talk of swot, meaning thereby mathematics ; and
persons eminent in that science are termed " good swots. ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"That's the worst of clever little swots," said McTurk, addressing the gas. "
They get made prefects before they have any tact, and then they annoy chaps who ..."
5. The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay (1920)
"Then comes a great company of which the House recks nothing, and of whom House
history has little to tell — the Cave-Dwellers, the swots, the Smugs, ..."
6. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"... who shall be swots to try the cause according to evidence, and the commissioner
or ]»«? shall preside at the trial, and determine the competency of the ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850)
"I have often heard military men talk of swot, meaning thereby mathematics ; and
persons eminent in that science are termed " good swots. ..."
8. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"That's the worst of clever little swots," said McTurk, addressing the gas. "
They get made prefects before they have any tact, and then they annoy chaps who ..."
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