Definitions

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  • noun The act of swallowing.
  • noun A throat or gullet.
  • verb To swallow (food etc).

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Examples

  • On a related note, and I may as well get all the Scottish opprobrium that is doubtless arrowing in over in one post I note that £90,000 of Lottery money is being spent on updating a dictionary of the Scots language, putting in such words as "swallie" and "eedjit".

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

  • On a related note, and I may as well get all the Scottish opprobrium that is doubtless arrowing in over in one post I note that £90,000 of Lottery money is being spent on updating a dictionary of the Scots language, putting in such words as "swallie" and "eedjit".

    Notes to a small island 2005

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