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- noun UK (
informal ) aswindle ,disappointment - verb transitive, intransitive To
swindle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, that's not exactly what the redtops claim and, besides, if you really want to take on the myth of feral youth, it's a bit of a swizz to start with 11-year-olds.
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Well, that's not exactly what the redtops claim and, besides, if you really want to take on the myth of feral youth, it's a bit of a swizz to start with 11-year-olds.
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There is still a good half term to go in the school year, and the summer will be a very short one (only five and a half weeks, which is a right swizz).
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But at the same time, this doesn't look like the society we live in, so it's a bit of a swizz: it doesn't mirror life, it propagandises.
Wishful thinking won't bring equality for disabled people 2010
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It's a bit of a swizz, since Newman's stuff is heavily inspired by old films and TV series - but that just means the concept's been tried and tested!
Ephemera 2009 (8) - The Mostly TV Edition Rogers 2009
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I thought they were a complete swizz: the very idea that session musicians were doing these cheap knock-offs offended me deeply.
Top of the Pops Albums « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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Disappointing, but that script has already won one prize, so it felt a swizz to be in the running for another prize with the same script.
Good news, bad news, other news DAVID BISHOP 2008
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Tip the whole lot into a processor, give it a good swizz until roughly pureed and then place it back into the pan.
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Tip the whole lot into a processor, give it a good swizz until roughly pureed and then place it back into the pan.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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This is basically what you would call on the street a swizz.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Kamal Ahmed 2011
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