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Definition of Swinked
1. swink [v] - See also: swink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swinked
Literary usage of Swinked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language by Homer Baxter Sprague (1874)
"Two such I saw, what time the labored ox In his loose traces from the furrow
came, And the swinked ..."
2. College Entrance Requirements in English, 1901-1905 (for Study and Practice). (1896)
"If otherwise, 1 " swinked hedger," ie, tired laborer. 2 Bearing; manner. The poet
here pays a compliment to the two sons of the Earl of Bridgewater, ..."
3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
""The castle has thrown its shadow upon the cottage over long. For three hundred
years my folk have swinked and sweated, day in and day out, ..."
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