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 Swollenhead. To have a swollen head, verb. phr. (common).—1. To put on airs; to be filled with a violent sense of one's own importance. Also (2) to be drunk: see Screwed. Also Swelled-head.

1898. Gould, Landed at Last, vi. You have got a swollen head this morning Had too much to drink last night.

1900. Nisbet, In Sheep's Clothing, iv. iii. The candid friend is like a black draught; wholesome, perhaps, during periods of plethora and swollen head, but decidedly debilitating if too long continued.

Swop. See Swap.

Sword-racket, subs. phr. (old).—Enlisting in different regiments, and deserting after taking the bounty.

Swot. See Sweat.

In a swot, phr. (Shrewsbury).—In a rage.

Sydney-sider (or Bird), subs. phr. (Australian).—A convict. [Sydney was originally a convict settlement.]

Syebuck, subs. (old).—Sixpence (Grose).

Syntax, subs. (old).—A schoolmaster (Grose).