swizz

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Etymology

Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.

Noun

swizz (plural swizzes)

  1. (British, informal) A swindle, con.
    That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.

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Verb

swizz (third-person singular simple present swizzes, present participle swizzing, simple past and past participle swizzed)

  1. (UK, informal, transitive, intransitive) To swindle.

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