Swinker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A toiler; a labourer. archaic, dialectal
"Ye are twin swinkers in this nether field / One to prolong, the other to expand, / My landmark and my clock; but both must yield, / To the destroying angel's flaming wand, […]"
Example
More examples"Ye are twin swinkers in this nether field / One to prolong, the other to expand, / My landmark and my clock; but both must yield, / To the destroying angel's flaming wand, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English swinkere, equivalent to swink + -er.
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