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swingable

adj

Etymology

From swing + -able.

  1. derived from *swenk-✻
  2. inherited from *swinganą✻
  3. inherited from *swingan✻
  4. inherited from swingan
  5. inherited from swyngen
  6. suffixed as swingable — “swing + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being swung, or made to swing.

    • It hardly needs saying that converting a Tory in a swingable “blue wall” constituency is electorally far more valuable than preaching to the choir in a Labour stronghold.

The neighborhood

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