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Old 19-May-2004, 12:45
Susie Smith
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Default Re: swelt

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Originally Posted by Emma
But in this sentence "I was looking more svelte and less swelte
than I am today" swelte (= swelt ?) seems to have a different meaning from svelte...
I think it could be a misspelling.
Maybe less sweaty? :wink:

Or less swelled? :wink: I'd say swollen, but I know that swell has two past participles.
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