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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1797

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SWAT, v.1 To drink copiously, to toss over (liquor).Kcb. 1797 R. Buchanan Poems 294:
We'll . . . swat the brue o' barley.

[A back-formation from Swatter, found in n.Eng. dial. in the sense of to consume in a wasteful manner, to drink heavily, phs. with some semantic influence from Swats.]

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