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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 swink /ˈswɪŋk/
 辛勞,辛苦,苦工(vi.)流著汗做工作,辛苦一番

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Swink v. i. [imp. Swank Swonk p. p. Swonken p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.]  To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
    Or swink with his hands and labor.   --Chaucer.
    For which men swink and sweat incessantly.   --Spenser.
    The swinking crowd at every stroke pant =\“Ho.”\=   --Sir Samuel Freguson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Swink, v. t.
 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.]
    And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.   --Milton.
 2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.]
    To devour all that others swink.   --Chaucer.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Swink, n.  Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.]