swop

[ swop ]

/ swɒp /

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verb (used with or without object), noun swopped, swop·ping,Chiefly British.

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How to use swop in a sentence

She kalls virtue prudery, and sez she wouldn't swop chastity with Dianner.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
I am trying to swop my leave with another man, otherwise it won't come till the 15th.
Carry On|Coningsby Dawson
You take this up to the store and see if yuh can't swop it for something good to eat.
Flying U Ranch|B. M. Bower
He said the men did nothing all day long but sit around the bar-room stove, spit, and ‘swop lies.’
The Life of Bret Harte|Henry Childs Merwin

Their conjectures were interrupted by their seeing that the “swop” was not yet considered complete.
The Boy Slaves|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for swop

swop

/ (swɒp) /

noun, verb swops, swopping or swopped

a variant spelling of swap

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