swopping
Example Sentences
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The men outside Hegarty's, smoking and swopping yarns with the Schoolmaster, watched him go.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
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 Mayne Reid
"If you chaps have finished swopping snake yarns," said Jim, turning in his saddle, "there's Anglers' Bend."
From A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce
The friendship that had begun in England was quickly renewed, and soon both were laughing over the Prince's experiences on his tour and "swopping" impressions.
From Westward with the Prince of Wales by W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas) Newton
“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 Henry W. Shaw
