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swashbuckle

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swash⋅buck⋅le

[swosh-buhk-uhl, swawsh-]
–verb (used without object), -led, -ling.
to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.

Origin:
1895–1900; back formation from swashbuckler
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swash·buck·le   (swŏsh'bŭk'əl, swôsh'-)   
intr.v.   swash·buck·led, swash·buck·ling, swash·buck·les
To act as a swashbuckler, as in a movie or play.

[Back-formation from swashbuckler.]
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