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swinker

swinker noun: a toiler; a labourer.

Noun

swinker (plural swinkers)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A toiler; a labourer.
    • Ye are twin swinkers in this nether field / One to prolong, the other to expand, / My landmark and my clock; but both must yield, / To the destroying angel's flaming wand, […]1845, Thomas Ignatius M. Forster, Richard Gough, Epistolarium
    • Tosspots and swinkers were they then; tosspots and swinkers are they still.1891, Harper's magazine, volume 83, page 786

Forms of swinker

pluralswinkers

Origin of swinker

From Middle English swinkere, equivalent to swink + -er.

Words that rhyme with swinker

Questions about swinker

What does swinker mean?
Swinker means a toiler; a labourer.
What part of speech is swinker?
Swinker is a noun.
What is the plural of swinker?
The plural of swinker is swinkers.

Words near swinker in the dictionary

  1. swinishly
  2. swinishness
  3. swinishnesses
  4. swink
  5. swinked
  6. swinker
  7. swinkers
  8. swinketh
  9. swinking
  10. swinkle
  11. swinks

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