Etymology

swinker

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Today it means: A toiler; a labourer. Full definition →

Middle English swinkere
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromswinkere
  2. English todayswinker

From Middle English swinkere, equivalent to swink + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.