English

Pronunciation
IPA|/swɪ�k/

Etymology
Old English swinc

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic toil, work, drudgery

#:*1963: Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman�s swink, ready for Enderby. � Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby

Etymology
Old English swincan

Verb
en-verb|swinks|swinking|swank or swonk or swinked or swinkt|swonken or swinked or swinkt

1. archaic to labour, to work hard

#:*1922: And on this board were frightful swords and knives that are made in a great cavern by swinking demons out of white flames that they fix in the horns of buffalos and stags that there abound marvellously. � James Joyce, Ulysses

References

1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=swink
2. http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceidMozilla-search&vaswink

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