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swillpot

swillpot is the alternative form 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

Forms of swillpot

pluralswillpots

Questions about swillpot

What is swillpot the alternative form of?
Swillpot is the alternative form of swill-pot.

Words near swillpot in the dictionary

  1. swilling
  2. swilling down
  3. swillings
  4. swillking
  5. swillkings
  6. swillpot
  7. swillpots
  8. swills
  9. swills down
  10. swilltub
  11. swilltubs

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