swink

[swingk]

verb (used without object)

swank, swonk, swonken, swinking. 

1. labor; toil.

swink

/ swɪŋk /

verb

1. (intr) to toil or drudge

noun

1. toil or drudgery

Other Word Forms

• swinker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of swink¹

before 900; Middle English swinken, Old English swincan; akin to swing ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of swink¹

Old English swinc, from swincan

Example Sentences

Next came an overnight bus ride to their final destination: tiny Swink, Colo., where Japanese American farmers had previously employed Alvarado’s wealthier uncles, writing a letter of recommendation this time to make crossing over easier.

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In Swink, the Japanese American bosses gave Alvarado and his relatives a private cottage, although baths were limited to wading into irrigation canals or boiling water for themselves, “al estilo rancho.”

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Metro spokeswoman Kristie Swink Benson said in a statement that the operator admitted to using ATO, knowing it wasn’t allowed.

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Metro spokeswoman Kristie Swink Benson said the wheel reassembly project, lengthy as it is, won’t slow those plans.

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The meeting was not open to the public and Metro spokeswoman Kristie Swink Benson said she didn’t know what was discussed.

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