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was swilling
  • past progressive of swill.

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The last time this amount of money was swilling around, we know how it ended.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2015

At the door of the coach house one of the men I had already seen was swilling the wheel of a big coach with pails of water, whistling the while.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

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