swack-up

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See also: swack up

English

Etymology

UK c. 1860s. Used at Christ's Hospital School, Sussex.

Noun

swack-up (plural swack-ups)

(dated, British, school slang) A lie; a falsehood.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:lie

References

Farmer, John Stephen (1900) The Public School Word-Book‎^[1], London: Hirshfeld Brothers, page 240
Template:R:Partridge 1984

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