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    Swink (?), v. i. [imp. Swank (?), Swonk (); p. p. Swonken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]

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    Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer.

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    For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser.

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    The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.” Sir Samuel Freguson.

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