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  • verb Present participle of swizzle.

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Examples

  • The "Barr" champagne glass with a stylized head on the stem comes with a matching stirrer 1924—swizzling out the fizz was a jazzy fad in the roaring 1920s.

    A Display of Lalique's Beauty Judy Fayard 2011

  • If Twain were writing today, he might have the publishing prince, Arthur ( "Pinch") Sulzberger, in his plush Fifth Avenue apartment late one evening, swizzling his dry martini, and thinking it might be a good idea to know what the little folks are doing and what they are thinking about his publishing kingdom.

    The Pinch and the Pauper - Charlie Warner - MediaBizBlogger 2009

  • If Twain were writing today, he might have the publishing prince, Arthur ( "Pinch") Sulzberger, in his plush Fifth Avenue apartment late one evening, swizzling his dry martini, and thinking it might be a good idea to know what the little folks are doing and what they are thinking about his publishing kingdom.

    Charles Warner: The Pinch and the Pauper 2009

  • The models at the ‘American Gothic’ show were definitely a breath of fresh-air during a week notorious for champagne swizzling, backstage meltdowns, and late night parties.

    NY FASHION WEEK: John Patrick ORGANIC’s ‘American Gothic’ | Inhabitat 2008

  • This is best done by swizzling the handle of the whisk between flattened palms.

    Green at the Gills 2008

  • Are we a culture of syrup - swizzling and pill-popping, script-writing addicts?

    CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2007 2007

  • What was it about the Twist that got everybody's swizzle sticks swizzling?

    A Twist in Time Wolcott, James 2007

  • And here you are swizzling, and rattling your coppers.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • Say! ever been in one of those big machine shops and seen a giant flywheel swizzling round at three hundred revs. a minute?

    Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

  • He came to the door presently and shouted to the two men to come in, and pointed out to them -- as he had pointed out every evening since they had arrived -- his own skill in swizzling.

    Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir

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