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swiz

noun

British slang for a swindle

• Usage Domain:

↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑swindle, ↑cheat, ↑rig

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swizz f1 [swizz swizzes] (also swiz) [swɪz] [swɪz] noun usually singular (BrE, informal)

something unfair or disappointing

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What a swizz!

 

Word Origin:

early 20th cent.: abbreviation of swizzle, of the same meaning.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.