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- verb Present participle of
swizzle .
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Examples
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The "Barr" champagne glass with a stylized head on the stem comes with a matching stirrer 1924—swizzling out the fizz was a jazzy fad in the roaring 1920s.
A Display of Lalique's Beauty Judy Fayard 2011
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If Twain were writing today, he might have the publishing prince, Arthur ( "Pinch") Sulzberger, in his plush Fifth Avenue apartment late one evening, swizzling his dry martini, and thinking it might be a good idea to know what the little folks are doing and what they are thinking about his publishing kingdom.
The Pinch and the Pauper - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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If Twain were writing today, he might have the publishing prince, Arthur ( "Pinch") Sulzberger, in his plush Fifth Avenue apartment late one evening, swizzling his dry martini, and thinking it might be a good idea to know what the little folks are doing and what they are thinking about his publishing kingdom.
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The models at the ‘American Gothic’ show were definitely a breath of fresh-air during a week notorious for champagne swizzling, backstage meltdowns, and late night parties.
NY FASHION WEEK: John Patrick ORGANIC’s ‘American Gothic’ | Inhabitat 2008
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This is best done by swizzling the handle of the whisk between flattened palms.
Green at the Gills 2008
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Are we a culture of syrup - swizzling and pill-popping, script-writing addicts?
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What was it about the Twist that got everybody's swizzle sticks swizzling?
A Twist in Time Wolcott, James 2007
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And here you are swizzling, and rattling your coppers.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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Say! ever been in one of those big machine shops and seen a giant flywheel swizzling round at three hundred revs. a minute?
Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee
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He came to the door presently and shouted to the two men to come in, and pointed out to them -- as he had pointed out every evening since they had arrived -- his own skill in swizzling.
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