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swoopstake

noun

Etymology

From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.

  1. derived from *stog-✻
  2. inherited from *stakô✻ — “stake”
  3. inherited from *stakō✻
  4. inherited from staca — “pin, tack, stake”
  5. inherited from stake
  6. compounded as swoopstake — “swoop + stake”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sweepstake.

  2. All at once, without making distinctions.

    • Is't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA