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swamp-water

swamp-water is the alternative form of swamp water.

Meaning of swamp water

Noun

swamp water (countable and uncountable, plural swamp waters)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“a beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
    Synonyms:
    suicide
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swamp, water.

Questions about swamp-water

What is swamp-water the alternative form of?
Swamp-water is the alternative form of swamp water.

Words near swamp-water in the dictionary

  1. swamp white oaks
  2. Swamp Yankee
  3. Swamp Yankees
  4. swamp-privet
  5. swamp-privets
  6. swamp-water
  7. swampable
  8. swampbillies
  9. swampbilly
  10. swampbuster
  11. swampbusters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swamp-water (page history and authors); swamp water (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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