swallet (plural swallets)
(British) A sinkhole; a shakehole.
(UK, dialect, dated, mining, tin mining) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
• Westall, setwall, wallets
Source: Wiktionary
Swal"let, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schwall a sea swell, from schwellen to swell, E. swell.]
Definition: Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
