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SWAK

Origin

S.W.A.K.

sealed with a kiss (written at the end of a love letter or on the back of its envelope).
Also, SWAK [swak] .


Origin:
1925–30
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Swak is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

SWAK
acronym for sealed with a kiss, attested from 1918; first ref. is to soldiers' letters home in World War I.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

sealed with a kiss definition


and SWAK
  1. mod.
    written and sent with love and care. (The initialism is sometimes written on love letters. Also an acronym.) : I know they are sealed with a kiss, because she says so.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SWAK
sealed with a kiss
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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