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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1933
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¶SWINK, v.2 To slide or thrust with a forward and downward motion.Kcd. 1933 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 331:
He'd spit on his hands and swink the plough into the red, soaked land.
