Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being swinish.
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- noun The quality of being
swinish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When they got between the worker and his product, they took a whack out of it for themselves The size of the whack was determined by no rule of equity; but by their own strength and swinishness.
Chapter V 2010
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They were sent along with me for the express purpose of not letting me drink, and they let me drink to swinishness as long as I leave them alone.
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Broadway's last Harry Brock was Ed Asner, who overdid the junk dealer's swinishness.
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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Doesn't the reality of the undertone of sexism that came to the fore then mean that people like Dick Armey should be more careful, rather than more reckless, in letting their inner swinishness shine forth for the world?
Steve Kettmann: Has Dick Armey Apologized Yet for Being a Pig to Joan Walsh? 2009
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Some think it's hereditary, others argue it's learned early in life; still others contend that it's part and parcel of a general swinishness that creeps over some people later in life.
Hillary And The Drug Flap: Does Her Campaign Want Issue To Go Away? 2009
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