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swill-pots

swill-pots is the plural of swill-pot.

Meaning of swill-pot

Noun

swill-pot (plural swill-pots)

  1. (obsolete) A drunkard.
    • But, said he, what doth that part of our army in the meantime which overthrows that unworthy swillpot Grangousier?1653, Thomas, transl. Urquhart, chapter XXXIII, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, translation of original by Francois Rabelais, First Book
    Synonyms:
    reel-pot, tosspot

Questions about swill-pots

What is swill-pots the plural of?
Swill-pots is the plural of swill-pot.

Words near swill-pots in the dictionary

  1. swill-flagon
  2. swill-flagons
  3. swill-pail
  4. swill-pails
  5. swill-pot
  6. swill-pots
  7. swill-tub
  8. swill-tubs
  9. swillbellies
  10. swillbelly
  11. swillbowl

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