swinger
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swinger (swiŋ′ər)
noun
- one that swings
- ☆ Slang a person who is sophisticated, ultra-fashionable, active, uninhibited, etc., esp. in the pursuit of pleasure
- Slang
- a person who swings
- either one of a couple that swings
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Converse of object
- lead: The album takes on greater heights in the track that follows - a Latin infused horn led swinger that brings proceedings closer to resolution.
Adjective modifier
- old: MIKE LANE - ' Probably the oldest swinger in town ' says Gill of Cherokee Club.
Modifies a noun
- club: A prosecution of a swingers club has lead to a major change in how public decency is regarded by the law in Canada.
Noun used with modifier
- favreau: Are hidden from favreau quot swingers sporting event on in the bicycle.
Possessives
- club: The swinger's club is only open to members.
Preposition: in
- town: MIKE LANE - ' Probably the oldest swinger in town ' says Gill of Cherokee Club.
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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
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