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swing
noun- a bag (or similar receptacle) that is used to transfer contraband items between prison cells by being attached to a length of string (or similar) and swung from one cell window to another UK
Also called a “swinger”. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 112, 1996
- a punch delivered with a wide sweep of the arm, especially in the phrase: take a swing at UK, 1910
- The man, staggering, began terrorizing the passengers: screaming curses, he took a swing at a woman holding a baby, sending her sprawling in the laps of an elderly couple[.] — Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, p. 124, 1997
- an employee’s rest period in a shift system; a pattern of working that incorporates such rest periods; hence, time off work US, 1917
- You can be a disc jockey like your dad and work the swing shift. — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Raising Your Spirited Child, 1998
- a consensual orgy US
- But walk into a swing and take a long look around the room Every broad (if you’ve got the time and stamina) is yours. — Screw, p. 10, 7 February 1969
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