Eatanswill

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noun

The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.

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Meanings

nounEatanswill (plural Eatanswills)

plural Eatanswills

  1. The area where a disorderly, argumentative and riotous election takes place.

Origin

Name of the fictitious setting of riotous parliamentary elections in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. Derived from eat and swill; see swill (“to drink”).

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APA

Eatanswill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eatanswill

MLA

“Eatanswill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eatanswill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eatanswill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eatanswill.

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