swillbowl
swillbowl is the alternative form of swill-bowl.
Meaning of swill-bowl
Noun
swill-bowl (plural swill-bowls)
- A drunkard.
- But nothing like to that hath been shewed since in the English church by the spiritual tyrant of Rome and his mitred termagants, at the provocation of their oiled swill-bowls and blind Balaamites. For they most cruelly brent those innocents which did but only read the testament of God in their...1547, John Bale, The Second Examination of Anne Askewe; republished in Christmas, Henry, editor, Select Works of John Bale, The Parker Society edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1849, Britannish...
- Synonyms:
- reel-pot, squeeze-grape
Forms of swillbowl
| plural | swillbowls |
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Questions about swillbowl
- What is swillbowl the alternative form of?
- Swillbowl is the alternative form of swill-bowl.
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