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- noun Plural form of
swell .
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Examples
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Six miles from land in 8 - to 10-foot swells is usually no place to have an argument over a 4-inch fish.
The Mid-Life Slam 2009
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Six miles from land in 8 - to 10-foot swells is usually no place to have an argument over a 4-inch fish.
The Mid-Life Slam 2009
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My brain swells with all the things mentioned here.
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Not a sheep: "‘Soviet’ Britain swells amid the recession" skip to main | skip to sidebar
"‘Soviet’ Britain swells amid the recession" Not a sheep 2009
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I can get whapped so hard that my skin swells up, but no g-ddamn bruises!
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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"The tintinabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells."
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They may also occur when the brain swells or there is fluid buildup in the skull.
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Drawn tight where the mountain swells a thug chest.
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Drawn tight where the mountain swells a thug chest.
IN GLENELLY VALLEY 1966
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And a clamor swells from the heart of the wood that tells of a soul at bay.
The Hunt 1909
fbharjo commented on the word swells
see visuals at swell
December 5, 2012