swoopstake en · ADV
Etymology
From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of sweepstake.
alt of sweepstake
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(not-comparable) All at once, without making distinctions.
Is't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?
1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5