Definition of "swills" []

• Plural form of swill. (noun)

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• "To preserve the fish, salt is immediately thrown upon them in the boats; they are carried to the fish-house in open wicker baskets, called swills, where they are delivered over to a man called a "tower," when they are placed on the salting floor."
• "Once you've absorbed the brewers' jargon, stocked up on the necessary equipment and swallowed a digestible dose of the relevant science, you'll be working with wort, mastering malt, sparging your grains, differentiating stouts from pilsners and pairing your swills with anything from swine to spiced pear tart."
• "A muscular black man is on guard, sitting on a wall of sandbags, his M-60 machine gun vertical, standing erect from between his legs as he swills a beer."