swinney
Americannoun
noun
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He felt of her muscles, and carefully scrutinized her for swelling or swinney or splint or spavin or thoroughpin.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
At the SNP conference, Swinney announced the extension of the £2 bus fare cap, with Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to be covered from April.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Swinney now looks ahead to a parliamentary term with all that behind them and a new prime minister to deal with in Downing Street.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Burnham and Swinney share a diagnosis that Westminster has failed to deliver and political power is better administered closer to people than it ever has been.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Swinney will bring the SNP's three-day conference to a close with a keynote speech to delegates on Saturday.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Sir to you,” says Swinney, as cool as possible, and some of the chaps began to titter.
From The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thackeray
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