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Definition for SWAD
SWAB'BING
SWAD'DLE
SWAD
, n.
A pod, as of beans or peas. [Local.]
A short fat person. [Obs.] – B. Jonson.
In New England, a lump, mass or bunch; also, a crowd. [Vulgar.]
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