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  • 31swig — /swɪg / (say swig) Colloquial –noun 1. a large or deep drink, especially of alcoholic liquor, taken in one swallow; draught. –verb (swigged, swigging) –verb (t) 2. to drink (liquid) heartily or greedily. –verb (i) 3. to drink heartily or greedily …

  • 32SWIG, BENJAMIN HARRISON — (1893–1980), U.S. businessman and philanthropist. His father, Simon Swig, an immigrant from Lithuania, rose from an ordinary peddler to become a Republican member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and founder of the Tremont Trust Company of… …

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  • 33swig|ger — «SWIHG uhr», noun. a person who swigs …

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  • 34Swig Judaic Studies Program — The Swig Judaic Studies Program is a Jewish Studies Program at The University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. The program was funded by the Melvin Swig family over twenty years ago. It has the distinction of being the first Judaic… …

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  • 35swig — Synonyms and related words: beverage, bib, booze, bumper, chug, chug a lug, draft, drag, drain, drain the cup, dram, drench, drink, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, drop, gargle, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, jigger, jolt, lap, libation, liquor,… …

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  • 36swig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t., informal, guzzle, toss off or down, chug a lug (sl.). See drinking. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mouthful, gulp, slug, *hit, drink, quaff, swill, draft. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …

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  • 37swig — swɪg n. large swallow of liquid, gulp v. take a large swallow of a liquid, gulp …

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  • 38swig — wigs …

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  • 39swig — informal verb (swigs, swigging, swigged) drink in large draughts. noun a large draught of drink. Derivatives swigger noun Origin C16 (asnoun in the obs. sense alcoholic drink ): of unknown origin …

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  • 40swig — Verb. To drink greedily. E.g. I swigged a whole bottle of brandy, danced for 20 minutes, threw up, and then not surprisingly passed out. Informal …

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