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- noun Alternative form of
swizz .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun British slang for a swindle
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Examples
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But Political Picnics with fireworks, and plenty of swiz ain't 'arf bad.
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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myroblyte commented on the word swiz
From Dictionary.com: "a British noun for a swindle." Discovered in one of the Railway Series stories by W. Awdry (the original Thomas the Tank Engine books). Context: "What a swiz! It's only Gordon back to front."
December 31, 2007
vikingkvinna commented on the word swiz
I'm bringing "swiz" back. Or at least stateside. Who's in?
February 24, 2009