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Definition of Swinking
1. swink [v] - See also: swink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swinking
Literary usage of Swinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... That God in holy church honoureth : For whan hir swinking is agone, They rede
and sing in church ..."
2. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"... And yit ful many a monk laboureth, That god in holy chirche honoureth; For
whan hir swinking is ..."
3. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest; the by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"... (Contemporary English poet) WHAT is he hammering there, That devil swinking
in Hell? Oh, he forges a cunning New Year, God knows he does it well. ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... That God in holy church honoureth : For whan hir swinking is agone, They rede
and sing in church ..."
5. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"... And yit ful many a monk laboureth, That god in holy chirche honoureth; For
whan hir swinking is ..."
6. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest; the by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"... (Contemporary English poet) WHAT is he hammering there, That devil swinking
in Hell? Oh, he forges a cunning New Year, God knows he does it well. ..."
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