Talk:swipe

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Possible portmanteau of "slide" and "wipe"? Or maybe verb/abstract version of onomatopoeia. (Is there a word for this?)BarfulStrife 20:40, 24 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

See Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “swipe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.. DCDuring TALK 22:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Noun sense:

Poor, weak beer; small beer.

I can find evidence for "swipes" in this sense, but nothing for "swipe". Mihia (talk) 03:51, 7 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

I altered the definition slightly -- because in most of the examples I found, swipe was moonshine, not beer. I have added a number of cites. Kiwima (talk) 05:53, 7 January 2017 (UTC)Reply