Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
sweepstake . - noun Same as
sweepstake .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
sweepstake . - adverb rare Altogether; indiscriminately.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
sweepstake . - adverb Alternative form of
sweepstake . - adverb All at once, without making distinctions.
Etymologies
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From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.
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Examples
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That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
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That, swoopstake, 19 you will draw both friend and foe,
Act IV. Scene V 1909
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The bombing took place in an area that had supposedly been cleared in the savage, swoopstake "counterinsurgency" operations launched by Pakistan at America's insistence.
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news 2010
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That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
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