Swalwell

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proper noun

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounSwalwell (countable and uncountable, plural Swalwells)

plural Swalwells

  1. A placename.
    1. countableuncountableA suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
  2. countableuncountableA surname.

    The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon ran with it, a little sheepishly. "The other big political story is that the hashtag #Fartgate was trending yesterday after people thought Rep. Eric Swalwell may have passed gas on live TV," he said.

    2019 November 20, Peter Weber, “The Daily Show gets to the bottom of the MSNBC-Eric Swalwell #Fartgate mystery”, in The Week
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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