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Definition of Swinks
1. swink [v] - See also: swink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swinks
Literary usage of Swinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"It seemed to indicate that this was a case of war, not a summer-camp for exercise,
and that the poor labor-swinks were being torn from their planet-saving ..."
2. Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of that Renowned Partisan by J. Marshall Crawford (1867)
"... Mrs. swinks' accomplished and amiable daughter, and handsomely entertained.
... Miss swinks' parents were Unionists, but she a most uncompromising ..."
3. Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of that Renowned Partisan Ranger by J. Marshall Crawford (1867)
"Lieutenant Hatcher, Bush Underwood, Bally Rowser, and myself were invited into
the house by Miss Mattie, Mrs. swinks' accomplished and amiable daughter, ..."
4. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"3 Capt . Henry Pauling do. 8 Capt. John Edwards, 4 Capt. swinks, 1 Capt.
Tho's Heslep, 3 Capt. John Read's, 12 Col. ..."
5. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"Through the shrew came late, Yet is he in state To dine, if he had it. 3 Shep.
Such sen-ants as I, that sweats £ and swinks,4" Eats ..."
6. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"It seemed to indicate that this was a case of war, not a summer-camp for exercise,
and that the poor labor-swinks were being torn from their planet-saving ..."
7. Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of that Renowned Partisan by J. Marshall Crawford (1867)
"... Mrs. swinks' accomplished and amiable daughter, and handsomely entertained.
... Miss swinks' parents were Unionists, but she a most uncompromising ..."
8. Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of that Renowned Partisan Ranger by J. Marshall Crawford (1867)
"Lieutenant Hatcher, Bush Underwood, Bally Rowser, and myself were invited into
the house by Miss Mattie, Mrs. swinks' accomplished and amiable daughter, ..."
9. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"3 Capt . Henry Pauling do. 8 Capt. John Edwards, 4 Capt. swinks, 1 Capt.
Tho's Heslep, 3 Capt. John Read's, 12 Col. ..."
10. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"Through the shrew came late, Yet is he in state To dine, if he had it. 3 Shep.
Such sen-ants as I, that sweats £ and swinks,4" Eats ..."
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