Swallet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sinkhole; a shakehole. British
  2. 2
    Water breaking in upon the miners at their work. UK, dated, dialectal

Synonyms

All synonyms
shakeholeshakeholesinkhole

Etymology

Compare German Schwall (“a sea swell”), from schwellen (“to swell”). See English swell.

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