Meanings
nounswing door (plural swing doors)
plural swing doors
- alternativeAlternative form of swinging door.
The swing-doors which opened on to his dining-room creaked[.]
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 441 more example
The thudding rhythm and the sour-sweet smell rocked them as they pushed through the heavy curtains inside the swing door. The eyes of the hat-check girls glowed and beckoned.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 54
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