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Quotation dates: 1666
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(Swillings,) Swilings, n. pl. [ME and e.m.E. swilling (c1430), swelyng (1459-60), swyllyng (1485-6), all in the sense of ‘washing’, also swellynges (1537), swillings (1583), both pl. in the sense below; Swill v.] (Pig) swill. — 1666 Argyll-Lauderdale Lett. 36.
Ther is two swin in the clos that Sandie Cunningham gives them pans full of draf and swilings, to make them fat
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