swopping

Example Sentences

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“Hannibal.”—Giving presents, with the hope of receiving presents in return, takes away awl the cream ov giving, or receiving, it is like swopping skim-milk, for milk that has bin skimd.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

And while foreign affairs were being admirably conducted by Lord Lansdowne, they were critical enough to make it dangerous to contemplate a "swopping of horses."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

We can get that in Swampville by swopping skins for it, or now an’ then some deer-meat.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

"If you chaps have finished swopping snake yarns," said Jim, turning in his saddle, "there's Anglers' Bend."

From A Little Bush Maid by Bruce, Mary Grant

Through that day and until midday of the next, lively crowds followed every movement of the "dandy feller," swopping opinions as to his charm, and his smile, his youthfulness and his shyness.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)