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swin⋅gle

1  [swing-guhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
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–noun
1. a swipple.
2. a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
–verb (used with object)
3. to clean (flax or hemp) by beating and scraping with a swingle.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME swingel, OE swingell rod (c. MD swinghel), equiv. to swing- (see swing 1 ) + -el instrumental suffix (see -le )
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swin⋅gle

2  [swing-guhl]
–noun Slang.
a single person who swings, esp. one who is highly active socially and sexually.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; b. swing 1 and single
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swingle 
"instrument for beating flax," c.1325, from M.Du. swinghel "swingle for flax," cognate with O.E. swingel "beating, stick to beat," from swingan "to beat, strike, whip" (see swing) + instrumental suffix -le. Or perhaps directly from the O.E. word, with narrowing of sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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