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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1897

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SWIMP, n. A quick, bustling movement, a flounce (Sh. 1972).Sh. 1897 Shetland News (5 June):
In shü gengs i' da barn wi' a swimp 'at wisna moderate.

[Prob. an altered form of Swint. But cf. also Norw. dial. svip, svim, gesture, mannerism, svipa, to go hastily, whisk about.]

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