Sekirov Dictionary

swink

/swɪŋk/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 10

verb2

(no longer used) To labour, to work hard
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(no longer used) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
- And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. — 1634

noun1

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(no longer used) Toil, work, drudgery.
- Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby. — 1963

forms

swinked · swinkt · swank · swonk · swonken · swunk · swunken · swinking · swinketh · swinks

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