Definition of Swearings

1. swearing [n] - See also: swearing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swearings

swear on a stack of Bibles
swear out
swear word
swear words
sweard
sweards
sweare
sweared
swearer
swearers
swearest
sweareth
swearier
sweariest
swearing
swearings (current term)
swears
swearword
swearwords
sweary
sweat
sweat bag
sweat bullets
sweat duct
sweat equity
sweat gland
sweat glands
sweat it out
sweat like a pig
sweat of one's brow

Literary usage of Swearings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: During by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1825)
"... and of the elections, swearings, and removals of the capital burgesses, &c. : and of the swearings of the freemen upon their being entered on the ..."

2. Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Office of Magistrates: Determined by Sir James Dowling, Archer Ryland, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1825)
"... and of the elections, swearings, and removals of the capital burgesses, &c.: and of the swearings of the freemen upon their being entered on tlie ..."

3. History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourthby William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1834)
"had been believed; but not one word of their swearings was believed by the people of England, who looked upon every one of their tales as a complete ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Cresswell Cresswell (1825)
"... successive borough and leet courts, the elections and swearings of the mayors, and elections, swearings, and dismissals of capital burgesses, &c. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: During by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1825)
"... and of the elections, swearings, and removals of the capital burgesses, &c. : and of the swearings of the freemen upon their being entered on the ..."

6. Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Office of Magistrates: Determined by Sir James Dowling, Archer Ryland, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1825)
"... and of the elections, swearings, and removals of the capital burgesses, &c.: and of the swearings of the freemen upon their being entered on tlie ..."

7. History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourthby William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1834)
"had been believed; but not one word of their swearings was believed by the people of England, who looked upon every one of their tales as a complete ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Cresswell Cresswell (1825)
"... successive borough and leet courts, the elections and swearings of the mayors, and elections, swearings, and dismissals of capital burgesses, &c. ..."

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