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toswink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
toswink
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To toil excessively; work or labour hard.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English toswinken, equivalent to to- + swink.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

toswinks (present, singular) toswinking (participle, present) toswank (past) toswunk (participle, past) toswunken (participle, past)

Questions

What does toswink mean?
To toil excessively; work or labour hard.
Where does toswink come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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