noun
Meaning 1
A sinkhole; a shakehole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Standard Lemma guide
swallet
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noun
Meaning 2
Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, dialectal
Qualifier: tin mining
Topics: business, mining
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History
Etymology
Compare German Schwall (“a sea swell”), from schwellen (“to swell”). See English swell.