swinney

[ swin-ee ]

/ ˈswɪn i /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

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Words nearby swinney

swing-wing, swingy, swinish, swink, Swinnerton, swinney, swipe, swipe card, swipes, swipple, swirl

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How to use swinney in a sentence

However, chance gave us a very jovial night; and that hospitable Bob Swinney paid every shilling of the score.
The History of Samuel Titmarsh|William Makepeace Thackeray
If so, though Swinney's name alone figures in the title-page of the work, he is responsible only for one or two notes!
Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853|Various
Dr. Swinney, your Lordship's friend, presented his father-in-law Howell's book.
Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853|Various
She didn't come to me fer the money, because—I dunno—at any rate she didn't, but got it of 'Zeke Swinney.
The Christmas Story from David Harum|Edward Noyes Westcott

“Sir to you,” says Swinney, as cool as possible, and some of the chaps began to titter.
The History of Samuel Titmarsh|William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for swinney

Swinney

/ (ˈswɪnɪ) /

noun

John (Ramsay). born 1964, Scottish politician; leader of the Scottish National Party (2000–04); Scottish government finance minister from 2007

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