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swinck

swinck is the obsolete form of swink.

Meaning of swink

Noun

swink (countable and uncountable, plural swinks)

  1. (archaic) Toil, work, drudgery.
    • Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby.1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby

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Forms of swinck

third-person singular presentswincks
present participleswincking
past participleswincked
pastswincked

Questions about swinck

What is swinck the obsolete form of?
Swinck is the obsolete form of swink.

Words near swinck in the dictionary

  1. Swinburnes
  2. Swinburnesque
  3. Swinburnian
  4. Swinburns
  5. Swinchock
  6. swinck
  7. swincked
  8. swincking
  9. swincks
  10. swind
  11. Swindall

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