• Swallet

    Origin

    Compare German Schwall a sea swell, from schwellen to swell. See English swell.

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    Noun

    swallet

    (plural swallets)
    1. (British) A sinkhole; a shakehole.
    2. (UK, dialect, dated, mining, tin mining) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
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