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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wench.

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Examples

  • When I served with the mercenaries of Corinthia we swilled and wenched all night and fought all day

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • When I served with the mercenaries of Corinthia we swilled and wenched all night and fought all day

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • John wenched her as she digested the face that she was legally free of Matt Burnwood.

    The Witness Brown, Sandra 1995

  • Aaron's craft hovered overhead, and wenched down its load.

    Beowulf's Children Niven, Larry 1995

  • When I served with the mercenaries of Corinthia we swilled and wenched all night and fought all day - aye, blood ran down the channels of our swords.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • You wenched and fought and sang and gorged and swilled and adventured, you were a hard worker when we needed work done and a better yet man to have at my back when we needed that and in your rough gruff style a pretty good husband and father whenever we settled down a while.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • I drank and gambled and wenched, and had the bad grace to stay in the top ten percent of my class.

    The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987

  • When I served with the mercenaries of Corinthia we swilled and wenched all night and fought all day aye, blood ran down the channels of our swords.

    Black Colossus Howard, Robert E. 1979

  • When I served with the mercenaries of Corinthia, we swilled and wenched all night and fought all day -- aye, blood ran down the channels of our swords.

    Conan the Freebooter Howard, Robert E. 1968

  • Till his conversion he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time; he was somewhat vain of his appearance, he had wenched and gambled; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable, loyal, generous and brave.

    The Summing Up Maugham, W Somerset 1938

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