What is to acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer called?
swink — To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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