Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In coal-mining, a thickening or swelling out of a coal-seam over a limited area. Also called
swally and swilley.
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Examples
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They left London in a nice warm, comfortable, rich-padded, swelly carriage at four, and before dark they were letting everything go, putting on the oilies, driving through the open in front of it under a treble-reefed storm jib, praying hard for their lives in last Monday's gale, and wishing to God they had stayed at home -- all in the four hours.
On Nothing and Kindred Subjects Hilaire Belloc 1911
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"Well my eyes went all swelly and my tongue blew up," she said.
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i feel just the same - wandering around fed square between sessions i got a bit chest-swelly and all that. and although there have been a few, i'd like to see more young people attending the festival because the inspiration and the belonging of the festival make for some good feelings.
My City of Literature lili 2008
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