swatcheln.

/ˈswɒtʃəl/

Forms: Also 1800s schwassle.

Etymology: Perhaps < German schwätzeln, frequentative form of schwatzen to chatter, tattle.

slang.

An older form of swazzle n.; also interpreted as the name for Mr. Punch in a Punch and Judy show. Frequently attributive, as swatchel box, swatchel cove (see quots.).

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Punchinello1662

Punch1681

Judy1812

scaramouch1815

swatchel1854

1854 Househ. Words 24 Sept. 76/1 A Punch's show [is] a schwassle-box.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 251 Swatchel-cove, the master of a Punch-and-Judy exhibition who..does the necessary squeak for the amusement of the bystanders.

1887 W. E. Henley Villon's Good-Night in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 174 You swatchel-coves that pitch and slam.

1900 Sat. Rev. 19 May 613/1 Students of Romany..will find some interest in a list furnished to a friend who handed it on to me by a ‘swatchel-cove’ or peregrinating Punch-exhibitor.

1921 Glasgow Herald 24 June 7 ‘Swatchel’ is Mr Punch, hence ‘Swatchel-box’ the show, and ‘Swatchel cove’ the patterer.

c1938 A. Hambling Punch & Judy 3 Wet the swatchel, and having fixed the thread, put it on the tongue crosswise.

1983 Listener 22 Sept. 14/3 The word ‘swatchel’ is Punch and Judy showmen's slang for the figure of Punch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swatchel
释义	swatcheln. /ˈswɒtʃəl/ Forms: Also 1800s schwassle. Etymology: Perhaps < German schwätzeln, frequentative form of schwatzen to chatter, tattle. slang. An older form of swazzle n.; also interpreted as the name for Mr. Punch in a Punch and Judy show. Frequently attributive, as swatchel box, swatchel cove (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > character Punchinello1662 Punch1681 Judy1812 scaramouch1815 swatchel1854 1854 Househ. Words 24 Sept. 76/1 A Punch's show [is] a schwassle-box. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 251 Swatchel-cove, the master of a Punch-and-Judy exhibition who..does the necessary squeak for the amusement of the bystanders. 1887 W. E. Henley Villon's Good-Night in J. S. Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 174 You swatchel-coves that pitch and slam. 1900 Sat. Rev. 19 May 613/1 Students of Romany..will find some interest in a list furnished to a friend who handed it on to me by a ‘swatchel-cove’ or peregrinating Punch-exhibitor. 1921 Glasgow Herald 24 June 7 ‘Swatchel’ is Mr Punch, hence ‘Swatchel-box’ the show, and ‘Swatchel cove’ the patterer. c1938 A. Hambling Punch & Judy 3 Wet the swatchel, and having fixed the thread, put it on the tongue crosswise. 1983 Listener 22 Sept. 14/3 The word ‘swatchel’ is Punch and Judy showmen's slang for the figure of Punch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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