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swingebucklers

swingebucklers is the plural of swingebuckler.

Meaning of swingebuckler

Noun

swingebuckler (plural swingebucklers)

  1. (obsolete) A swashbuckler or a bully.
    • There was I, and little John Doit of Staffordshire, and black George Barnes, and Francis Pickbone, and Will Squele, a Cotswold man; you had not four such swinge-bucklers in all the Inns-of-court; and, I may say to you, we knew where the bona-robas were.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

Questions about swingebucklers

What is swingebucklers the plural of?
Swingebucklers is the plural of swingebuckler.

Words near swingebucklers in the dictionary

  1. swingbridges
  2. swingby
  3. swingbys
  4. swinge
  5. swingebuckler
  6. swingebucklers
  7. swinged
  8. swingeing
  9. swingeingly
  10. swingel
  11. swingels

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