swindled

Example Sentences

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As she tugged the boy along, he swingled his head around to see me.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

There was a tow which came out when it was swingled, called swingle tow.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 by Various

The strikes were swingled again, and from the refuse called swingle-tree hurds, coarse bagging could be spun and woven.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Then it was scutched or swingled with a swingling block and knife, to take out any small particles of bark that might adhere.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse