swizz
English edit
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Etymology edit
Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.
Noun edit
swizz (plural swizzes)
- (British, informal) A swindle, disappointment.
- That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.
Translations edit
a swindle
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Verb edit
swizz (third-person singular simple present swizzes, present participle swizzing, simple past and past participle swizzed)
- (UK, informal, transitive, intransitive) To swindle.
Derived terms edit
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to swindle
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