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swats

[ swats ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. sweet, new beer or ale.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of swats1

1500–10; compare Old English swatan beer (plural)

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Example Sentences

The school staff would not allow us to film things like swats or students being sent to the “quiet room.”

There were three more Iraqi SWATs in the bedroom by now, and Matt told them to hold the prisoner still.

Sarah Kliff swats away David Brooks' suggestion that "Nobody knows how to reduce health care inflation."

At length, however, came in the same sneering fellow I had marked on the wharf, calling loudly for swats.

Hear him saying that "he wishes Old Swats (that's me) would do his gardening himself, and see how he likes it!"

An out and a drop were responsible for the batters two previous abortive swats, and this change should fool him.

The player with the swatter follows the runner and swats him until he is back in position.

Six thousand Swats were said to be in arms against the British.

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