swill-tub
(ˈswɪltʌb)
[f. swill n.2 1 + tub n.]
A tub for swill or hog-wash. Occas. attrib. Also fig. with allusion to heavy drinking.
| 1575 Gammer Gurton iv. ii, Art thou sure diccon, the swil tub standes not here aboute? 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vii. lxxvii, Soure swil-tub sinne, of all the rest the sink. 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. (1878) 387 The Husband.. has been call'd Blockhead, Toss-Pot, Swill-Tub. 1736 F. Drake Eboracum i. iii. 84 The inhabitants..have a custom..to make Pyes in the Form of a Swill, or Swine-Tub. 1756 Poor Robin June B j b, Who makes a swill tub of his womb, Is but a speaking, prattling tomb. 1899 ‘Ouida’ in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 813 Hogs do not rend the man who carries the swill-tub. |