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Webster 1913 Edition


Swoopstake

Swoop′stakeˊ

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Noun.
[Obs.]

Swoop′stakeˊ

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adv.
Altogether; indiscriminately.
[R.]
Shak.

Definition 2024


swoopstake

swoopstake

English

Noun

swoopstake (plural swoopstakes)

  1. Alternative form of sweepstake

Adverb

swoopstake (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of sweepstake
  2. All at once, without making distinctions.
    • 1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5:
      Is't writ in your revenge,
      That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
      Winner and loser?