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Meanings of great swell in English

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Usage of great swell in English
1
Here we had a great swell rolling in from the S.W.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
2
A great swell suddenly caught the yawl and drove it shoreward.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
3
All this day we had frequent squalls and a great swell.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
4
He's a great swell now; he's begun to grow a moustache.
A Young Girl's Diary
5
He's a great swell now with heaps of money, I believe.
Fortitude
6
I don't mean to be caught till some great swell comes this way.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
7
It would be a good wind-up, and Maddie was coming out a great swell.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
8
We had now a strong gale at N.W., and a great swell from S.W.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
9
But you tell mamma I can't be a great swell.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
10
He's a big man with a red beard, and a great swell he is.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
11
As a great swell came on about noon, we hauled over to the north shore.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
12
He will make a great swell, and some people will believe he is a gentleman.
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
13
He's Sir William Farrell, a great swell, tremendously rich.
Missing
14
I felt the great swell of the undercurrent.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
15
He's been made inspector now; and, of course, he's a great swell and a general favourite.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
16
Józsi's a great swell in those parts.
Between the Woods and the Water
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