Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lead swinger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: lead- swinger
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who "swings the lead"

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"And indeed, malingerers and "lead-swingers" (a prewar nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, adopted by soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties) were mixed among the truly sick. There was a whole bunch of us - various complaints - some real but most of them "lead swingers," trying to dodge a working party."

Etymology

From lead + swinger. * A pre-First World War nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, later adopted by Canadian soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: lead
Suffix: swinger

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

lead swingers (plural)

Synonyms

shirker malinger goldbricker

Questions

What does lead swinger mean?: A person who "swings the lead"
Where does lead swinger come from?: From lead + swinger. * A pre-First World War nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, later adopted by Canadian soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties.

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