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swill

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1. swill - Noun

2. swill - Verb

Meaning

To wash; to drench.

To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

To inebriate; to fill with drink.

To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.

The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.

Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Among them were the removal of trading-hours restrictions on small businesses, abolishing juries for motor accident damage cases, extending the hours for liquor trading, thereby bringing an end to the "Six o'clock swill". Source: Internet

He lives beneath the level of the moat, eating "swill," a bland, disgusting slop similar to garbage. Source: Internet

He returns to the inquisitor and marks large amounts of "swill" being given to the poor. Source: Internet

The candidates knew that they had to "swill the planters with bumbo (rum)." Source: Internet

The character Cedric comments on his friend Athelstane, whose main character trait is a love for food and drink, that "The soul of Hardicanute hath taken possession of him, and he hath no pleasure save to fill, to swill, and to call for more." Source: Internet

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