单词 | sweedle |
释义 | † sweedlev. Obsolete slang. transitive. To swindle by wheedling. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole > swindle by to sting (someone) for1903 sweedle1909 1909 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/4 He circumvented Isengrim the Wolf and ‘sweedled’ King Noble the Lion. 1914 Angl. Forsch. XLII. 20 The mind, hesitating between swindle and wheedle, compromises on sweedle. When the result pleases the coiners, it sometimes continues in family use, as sweedle in the case of a Nebraska family. Derivatives ˈsweedling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling > swindling by sweedling1908 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling > and swindling sweedling1908 1908 H. A. Jones Dolly reforming Herself iv. 94 I'm not going to be sweedled!—Matt. What is sweedled? Harry. Sweedling is sweedling! It's part swindling and part wheedling! 1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 5/2 Dolly is a ‘sweedling’ extravagant little vixen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1908 |
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