The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swonken
Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
Or swink with his hands and labor.
--Chaucer.
For which men swink and sweat incessantly.
--Spenser.
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.''
--Sir
Samuel
Freguson.
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swonken
vb. (past participle of swink English)