swallowern.

Brit.

/ˈswɒləʊə/, U.S.

/ˈswɔləwər/,

/ˈswɑləwər/

Forms: Also Old English swelgere, 1500s Scottish swelliar.

Etymology: < swallow v. + -er suffix¹. In Old English swelgere = Old High German swelgâri (Middle High German swelher, German schwelger) glutton, tippler.

One who or that which swallows.

a. literal: see swallow v. 1; esp. a voracious eater or drinker. Also in combination, as acorn-swallower, sword-swallower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater

swallowera1000

devourerc1384

vourera1425

francher1519

gulper1648

twister1694

bolter1826

wolfer1897

scoffer1935

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > swallower

swallower1710

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 102 Ic ne eom swa micel swelgere þæt ic ealle cynn metta on anre gereordinge etan mæge.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. vi. 222 Thir akcorne swelliaris, the fat swyne.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. E Deuourer of apparell, thou huge swallower.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxix. 118 A huge Greedy-Guts, a tall woundy swallower of hot Wardens and Muscles.

1710 Fuller Tatler No. 205. ⁋2 I..always speak of them with the Distinction of the Eaters, and the Swallowers.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 209 Of all kinds of eaters of fish, or flesh, or fowl, in these latitudes, the swallowers of oysters alone are not gregarious.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlviii. 144 The enormous numbers that had been gulped down by the insatiable swallower [viz. a threshing machine].

b. spec. A deep-sea fish, Chiasmodon niger, widely distributed in the Atlantic, having an immensely distensible stomach which enables it to swallow fishes larger than itself.

2. transferred: see swallow v. 3 (In quots. attributive.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [noun] > one who or that which

assimilant1684

absorber1696

assimilator1880

swallower1891

1891 G. Meredith Eng. before Storm in Poems iii Yon swallower wave with shroud of foam.

1898 G. Meredith Forest Hist. iv The forest's heart of fog on mossed morass, On purple pool and silky cotton-grass, Revealed where lured the swallower byway.

3. figurative (also with up): see swallow v. 4, 5, 10c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > one who or that which > one who

swallower1548

impropriator1631

pocketer1824

appropriator1840

hogger1905

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely > one who or that which

corrosive1533

swallower1548

soaker1577

exhauster1743

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun] > credulous person

credulous1583

easy weener1604

credulist1616

swallow1625

crediblea1674

camel-swallower1802

gobemouche1818

swallower1821

unphilosopher1829

stiffy1965

the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun] > without opposition or protest > one who

swallower1821

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clvij Affirming him, to be..the moste swallower vp and consumer of the Kynges treasure.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 191 Give them an oath to swallow, every impure property is, by this consecrated vehicle, carried off. Note that the oath by which the swallower is rendered thus unlikely ‘to do wrong,’ is the very oath, which..is regularly productive of perjury.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vi. 64 Here too is a Swallower of Formulas.

1855 E. C. Gaskell Let. Feb. (1966) 332 Meta's atelier is such a swallower-up of time.

Draft additions 1997

c. A person who smuggles drugs through Customs by swallowing them sealed in a bag which can subsequently be excreted and recovered. Cf. stuffer n. Additions 4. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > smuggler > of certain goods

owler1690

runner1719

flasker1816

opium smuggler1841

rum runner1917

dope-smuggler1937

buttlegger1945

stuffer1983

swallower1983

1983 Listener 28 July 3/3 The customs teams delicately refer to such smugglers as ‘the swallowers and stuffers’.

1988 Independent 8 Apr. 3/6 Body packers, mules, stuffers and swallowers are becoming more sophisticated at smuggling drugs.

1992 N.Y. Times 12 July v. 3/2 Everyone at Kennedy was always on the alert for drug couriers, including ‘swallowers’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swallower
释义	swallowern. Brit. /ˈswɒləʊə/, U.S. /ˈswɔləwər/, /ˈswɑləwər/ Forms: Also Old English swelgere, 1500s Scottish swelliar. Etymology: < swallow v. + -er suffix¹. In Old English swelgere = Old High German swelgâri (Middle High German swelher, German schwelger) glutton, tippler. One who or that which swallows. 1. a. literal: see swallow v. 1; esp. a voracious eater or drinker. Also in combination, as acorn-swallower, sword-swallower. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > swallower swallower1710 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 102 Ic ne eom swa micel swelgere þæt ic ealle cynn metta on anre gereordinge etan mæge. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. vi. 222 Thir akcorne swelliaris, the fat swyne. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. E Deuourer of apparell, thou huge swallower. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxix. 118 A huge Greedy-Guts, a tall woundy swallower of hot Wardens and Muscles. 1710 Fuller Tatler No. 205. ⁋2 I..always speak of them with the Distinction of the Eaters, and the Swallowers. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 209 Of all kinds of eaters of fish, or flesh, or fowl, in these latitudes, the swallowers of oysters alone are not gregarious. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlviii. 144 The enormous numbers that had been gulped down by the insatiable swallower [viz. a threshing machine]. b. spec. A deep-sea fish, Chiasmodon niger, widely distributed in the Atlantic, having an immensely distensible stomach which enables it to swallow fishes larger than itself. 2. transferred: see swallow v. 3 (In quots. attributive.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [noun] > one who or that which assimilant1684 absorber1696 assimilator1880 swallower1891 1891 G. Meredith Eng. before Storm in Poems iii Yon swallower wave with shroud of foam. 1898 G. Meredith Forest Hist. iv The forest's heart of fog on mossed morass, On purple pool and silky cotton-grass, Revealed where lured the swallower byway. 3. figurative (also with up): see swallow v. 4, 5, 10c. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > one who or that which > one who swallower1548 impropriator1631 pocketer1824 appropriator1840 hogger1905 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely > one who or that which corrosive1533 swallower1548 soaker1577 exhauster1743 the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun] > credulous person credulous1583 easy weener1604 credulist1616 swallow1625 crediblea1674 camel-swallower1802 gobemouche1818 swallower1821 unphilosopher1829 stiffy1965 the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun] > without opposition or protest > one who swallower1821 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clvij Affirming him, to be..the moste swallower vp and consumer of the Kynges treasure. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 191 Give them an oath to swallow, every impure property is, by this consecrated vehicle, carried off. Note that the oath by which the swallower is rendered thus unlikely ‘to do wrong,’ is the very oath, which..is regularly productive of perjury. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vi. 64 Here too is a Swallower of Formulas. 1855 E. C. Gaskell Let. Feb. (1966) 332 Meta's atelier is such a swallower-up of time. Draft additions 1997 c. A person who smuggles drugs through Customs by swallowing them sealed in a bag which can subsequently be excreted and recovered. Cf. stuffer n. Additions 4. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > smuggler > of certain goods owler1690 runner1719 flasker1816 opium smuggler1841 rum runner1917 dope-smuggler1937 buttlegger1945 stuffer1983 swallower1983 1983 Listener 28 July 3/3 The customs teams delicately refer to such smugglers as ‘the swallowers and stuffers’. 1988 Independent 8 Apr. 3/6 Body packers, mules, stuffers and swallowers are becoming more sophisticated at smuggling drugs. 1992 N.Y. Times 12 July v. 3/2 Everyone at Kennedy was always on the alert for drug couriers, including ‘swallowers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1000
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