swink

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.2 References 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /swɪŋk/

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English swinc

[edit] Noun

swink (plural swinks)

1. (archaic) toil, work, drudgery

   • 1963: Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby. — Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English swincan

[edit] Verb

to swink (third-person singular simple present swinks, present participle swinking, simple past swank or swonk or swinked or swinkt, past participle swonken or swinked or swinkt)

1. (archaic) to labour, to work hard

   • 1922: And on this board were frightful swords and knives that are made in a great cavern by swinking demons out of white flames that they fix in the horns of buffalos and stags that there abound marvellously. — James Joyce, Ulysses

[edit] References

• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=swink
• http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=swink

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: iknsw
• winks