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Definition of Swiper
1. one who sweeps for old anchors [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swiper
Literary usage of Swiper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Australian Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke, Together with by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Hamilton Mackinnon (1890)
"Mr. swiper was not in at present, but would be here probably in an hour. ...
Oh yes, they had seen Mr. swiper at ten o'clock with two gentlemen. ..."
2. The Speaker's Favorite: Or, Best Things for Entertainments, for Home, Church by Frank Honywell Fenno (1893)
"swiper. (Takes out his handkerchief and attempts to snivel. ... And now, brother
swiper, when we divide, I think I shall take the mansion house. swiper. ..."
3. Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes (1913)
"shouts the swiper. " Whose name is next on the list ? ... Oh, do let the swiper
go in," chorus the boys; so Tom yields against his better judgment. ..."
4. The Australian Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke, Together with by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Hamilton Mackinnon (1890)
"Mr. swiper was not in at present, but would be here probably in an hour. ...
Oh yes, they had seen Mr. swiper at ten o'clock with two gentlemen. ..."
5. The Speaker's Favorite: Or, Best Things for Entertainments, for Home, Church by Frank Honywell Fenno (1893)
"swiper. (Takes out his handkerchief and attempts to snivel. ... And now, brother
swiper, when we divide, I think I shall take the mansion house. swiper. ..."
6. Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes (1913)
"shouts the swiper. " Whose name is next on the list ? ... Oh, do let the swiper
go in," chorus the boys; so Tom yields against his better judgment. ..."
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