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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Swinknoun

    Labour; toil; drudgery. Obsolete.

    Etymology: swinc , Saxon.

    Ah, Piers, been thy teeth on edge, to think
    How great sport they gaynen with little swinke? Edmund Spenser.

    Thou’s but a lazy loorde,
    And rekes much of thy swinke. Edmund Spenser.

  2. To Swinkverb

    To overlabour.

    The labour’d ox
    In his loose traces from the furrow came,
    And the swink’d hedger at his supper sat. John Milton.

  3. To Swinkverb

    To labour; to toil; to drudge. Obsolete.

    Etymology: swincan , Saxon.

    Riches, renown, and principality,
    For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Fairy Queen.

    For they do swink and sweat to feed the other,
    Who live like lords of that which they do gather. Hub. Tale.

Wikipedia

  1. swink

    Swink is a Statutory Town in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population was 677 at the 2010 census. A post office called Swink has been in operation since 1906. The community was named after George W. Swink, a Colorado politician.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Swinkverb

    to labor; to toil; to salve

  2. Swinkverb

    to cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor

  3. Swinkverb

    to acquire by labor

  4. Swinknoun

    labor; toil; drudgery

  5. Etymology: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]

Wikidata

  1. Swink

    Swink is a Statutory Town in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The population was 696 at the 2000 census. It was named after Swink, a design firm in Madison, Wisconsin.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Swink

    swingk, v.i. (Spens.) to labour, to toil, to drudge.—v.t. to tire out with labour.—n. labour.—adj. Swink′ed (Milt.), wearied with labour, fatigued. [A.S. swincan, to labour; cf. swingan, swing.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SWINK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Swink is ranked #8690 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Swink surname appeared 3,779 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Swink.

    90% or 3,403 total occurrences were White.
    5% or 192 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 74 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 66 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 30 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of swink in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of swink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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