Beswink

/bɪˈswɪŋk/ verb

To labor hard or toil exhaustively.

From prefix 'be-' + 'swink' (from Old English 'swincan,' to toil). This archaic verb combined two intensifiers to mean 'to work oneself to exhaustion.'

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