Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of sweepstake.
- not comparableAll at once, without making distinctions.
Is't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?
1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5
Origin
From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.
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