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Definition of Swigging
1. swig [v] - See also: swig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swigging
Literary usage of Swigging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Real Life in Ireland: Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and by Pierce Egan, Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath (1904)
"CHAPTER XVIII A drunken Piper prostrate—Meeting at a Prison supper, SWAN the
Exciseman, in character—swigging—An Irish song to a Scotch air—Seeing the ..."
2. The Handy Man Afloat & Ashore by George Goodenough (1901)
"For if ever fellow took delight in swigging, kissing, dancing, fighting, Dam'me
I'm bold to say that Jack's the lad. With my tol de rol, &c. ..."
3. The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck: With Extracts from Those of by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Drake, Joseph Rodman (1869)
"Are the bucktails still swigging at Tammany Hall ? No ! the porter was out long
before it was stale, But some blossoms on many a nose brightly shone, ..."
4. Fanny: With Other Poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1839)
"There's a barrel of porter at Tammany Hall, And the bucktails are swigging it
all the night long; In the time of my boyhood 'twas pleasant to call For a ..."
5. Real Life in Ireland: Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and by Pierce Egan, Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath (1904)
"CHAPTER XVIII A drunken Piper prostrate—Meeting at a Prison supper, SWAN the
Exciseman, in character—swigging—An Irish song to a Scotch air—Seeing the ..."
6. The Handy Man Afloat & Ashore by George Goodenough (1901)
"For if ever fellow took delight in swigging, kissing, dancing, fighting, Dam'me
I'm bold to say that Jack's the lad. With my tol de rol, &c. ..."
7. The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck: With Extracts from Those of by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Drake, Joseph Rodman (1869)
"Are the bucktails still swigging at Tammany Hall ? No ! the porter was out long
before it was stale, But some blossoms on many a nose brightly shone, ..."
8. Fanny: With Other Poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1839)
"There's a barrel of porter at Tammany Hall, And the bucktails are swigging it
all the night long; In the time of my boyhood 'twas pleasant to call For a ..."
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