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English Idioms :: swine
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swint.html - See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE'S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. |
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English Idioms :: swing
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swint.html - See: IN FULL SWING. |
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English Idioms :: swing one's weight
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swint.html - {v. phr.} To use your personal power to get something done * /The President swings his weight to get laws passed./ * /Mr. Thomas swung his weight to get his son a job with the company./ |
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Traditional English :: swindle
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swint.html - v. & n. --v.tr. (often foll. by out of)
1 cheat (a person) of money, possessions, etc. (was swindled out of all his savings).
2 cheat a person of (money etc.) (swindled all his savings out of him). --n. 1 an act of swindling.
2 a person or thing represented as what it is not.
3 a fraudulent scheme. swindler n. [back-form. f. swindler f. G Schwindler extravagant maker of schemes, swindler, f. schwindeln be dizzy] |
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Traditional English :: swine
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swint.html - n. (pl. same) 1 formal or US a pig. 2 colloq. (pl. swine or swines) a a term of contempt or disgust for a person. b a very unpleasant or difficult thing. swine fever an intestinal virus disease of pigs. swinish adj. (esp. in sense 2). swinishly adv. swinishness n. [OE swin f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: swineherd
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swint.html - n.
a person who tends pigs. |
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