Lexicographical Neighbors of Swattered
Literary usage of Swattered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"... to spill or throw about water, as geese and ducks do in drinking. Also to
scatter, to waste.' 2. ' They swattered their money away like dike-water. ..."
2. A Glossary of Provincial and Local Words Used in England by Francis Grose, Samuel Pegge (1839)
"Lane. SWATHE, calm. N. SWATHE-BANK, a swarth of new-mown grass or corn. N.
SWATTER, to scatter or waste ; he swattered away all his money. ..."
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