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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SWAT, v.², n. Sc. variant of Eng. school slang swot, to study hard, a close student. See P.L.D. § 54.Per. 1901 I. Maclaren Young Barbarians i., viii.:
A lad who played no games and swatted all evening. . . . In the company of half a dozen “swats.”