Lanterns, bright lanterns, were closing in upon the rectory: at first the unhappy man had seen lanterns only, swinging close to the ground, swilling the lawn with light.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
Always swilling and stuffing-and they steal anything they can lay hands on, and run away before the quarter is out; and then they lodge a complaint against me, because I haven't paid them a quarter's wages, and in court, nowadays, they don't make a particle of difference between a servant-girl and a mistress, and I have to stand with her side by side!
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz
They will stay here swilling my wine all night, and in the morning like enough will set fire to my house before they ride away.
"By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic"
G.A. Henty