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Meanings of swill in English

Portuguese
lavagem
Catalan
gasòfia

Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.

lavagem

Drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

Usage of swill in English
1
The ban on feeding swill will stay until the end of December.
The Irish Times
2
Several port-coloured men swill and gurgle and spit wine into silver buckets.
The Irish Times
3
Half the year they smuggle and swill, the other half they starve.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
4
He can memorise at sight all the revolting contents of a swill-tub.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919
5
They swill the cordial till ten o'clock and at last they go.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
6
Not like the dishwater the rest of the guys in here swill.
Sister Mine
7
TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig.
The Devil's Dictionary
8
Don't you know that swill-pail wants emptying, without being told of it?
Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
9
Chloe reached over for Katie's untouched water glass and took a long swill.
Getting in: a novel
10
Randolph asked, 'How about a glass of Madeira to swill those cookies down?'
Death Trance
11
The quantity of swill soon reveals the worth of the cook.
Camping For Boys
12
Not in appetite-hewas no swine to swill for love of the draught.
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
13
One day I cooked a squash, putting the parings in a swill pail.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
14
Along with the rest of the hog swill poured out over the years.
Sister of the dead
15
We are drowning in pseudo-documentary swill, and it needs to stop.
Wired
16
Then, get sponges and clean water to swill down the tables and seats.
The Odyssey / Rendered into English prose for the use of those w...
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Portuguese
lavagem
Catalan
gasòfia
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