Lexicographical Neighbors of Swaining
Literary usage of Swaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Blest swains ! whose nymphs in every grace excel. swaining (swa'ning), n. [<
swain + -iwr/1.] Love-making. [Slang, Eng.] His general manner had a good deal ..."
2. War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and by Hrolf von Dewitz (1915)
"In these days when boatswains do no "swaining," and ship's carpenters do no
carpentering, and seamen are largely incapable of seamanship, naval employments ..."
3. War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and by Hrolf von Dewitz (1915)
"In these days when boatswains do no "swaining," and ship's carpenters do no
carpentering, and seamen are largely incapable of seamanship, naval employments ..."
4. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy by Frances Milton Trollope (1840)
"In fact, his general manner to ladies had a good deal of what in female slang is
called swaining; but to Lady Clarissa it was certainly something more. ..."
5. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong,: The Factory Boy. by Frances Milton Trollope (1840)
"In fact, his general manner to ladies had a good deal of what in female slang is
called swaining ; but to Lady Clarissa it was certainly something more. ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Blest swains ! whose nymphs in every grace excel. swaining (swa'ning), n. [<
swain + -iwr/1.] Love-making. [Slang, Eng.] His general manner had a good deal ..."
7. War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and by Hrolf von Dewitz (1915)
"In these days when boatswains do no "swaining," and ship's carpenters do no
carpentering, and seamen are largely incapable of seamanship, naval employments ..."
8. War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and by Hrolf von Dewitz (1915)
"In these days when boatswains do no "swaining," and ship's carpenters do no
carpentering, and seamen are largely incapable of seamanship, naval employments ..."
9. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy by Frances Milton Trollope (1840)
"In fact, his general manner to ladies had a good deal of what in female slang is
called swaining; but to Lady Clarissa it was certainly something more. ..."
10. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong,: The Factory Boy. by Frances Milton Trollope (1840)
"In fact, his general manner to ladies had a good deal of what in female slang is
called swaining ; but to Lady Clarissa it was certainly something more. ..."
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