Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SWAMPED, ppl.adj. Put in jail, imprisoned (s.Sc. 1825 Jam., “a gypsy word”).
[Appar. a cant usage from swamp, to lose or swallow up in a swamp.]
