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I never heerd a biled leg o 'mutton called a swarry afore.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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I never heerd a biled leg o 'mutton called a swarry afore.
The Pickwick papers 1836
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He read the account of the "swarry" which Sam Weller gave at Bath.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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I am trying to tempt her over for a sort of 'swarry' in honour of Goethe, which some people are getting up.
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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I had a genteel 'swarry' the other night of respectable married people, clearing the old scores of civility due for all manner of respectable tea-drinkings.
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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Primo, I had a 'swarry' last night on the voluntary system, which went off very well, only like nothing else in this world!
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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I scarcely hoped to find the scene of the footmen's "swarry" tracked out, but so it was.
Pickwickian Studies Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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At the greengrocer's, where the Bath footmen had their "swarry," the favourite drink was "cold srub and water," or "gin and water sweet;" also "S'rub punch," a West
Pickwickian Studies Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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I never heerd a biled leg o’ mutton called a swarry afore.
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Charlotte's, but he seemed to think it would please them if we made the effort of going for a few minutes; and so I dressed and set off, and there we found a regular "swarry," instead of something to eat and drink, and a chair to sit upon in peace and quiet.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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