swopping

Example Sentences

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He passed away most of his time on board in swopping watch lies with the other passengers and good-naturedly spoiling their Waterburys.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

"If you chaps have finished swopping snake yarns," said Jim, turning in his saddle, "there's Anglers' Bend."

From A Little Bush Maid by Bruce, Mary Grant

We can get that in Swampville by swopping skins for it, or now an’ then some deer-meat.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

The men outside Hegarty's, smoking and swopping yarns with the Schoolmaster, watched him go.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

Through that day and until midday of the next, lively crowds followed every movement of the "dandy feller," swopping opinions as to his charm, and his smile, his youthfulness and his shyness.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)