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swallet

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swallet

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Compare German Schwall (“a sea swell”), from schwellen (“to swell”). See English swell.

noun swallets

  1. UK A sinkhole; a shakehole.
  2. UK, dated, dialectal Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.

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"swallet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/swallet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{swallet_2026,
  title = {swallet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swallet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}