swotter

[ swot-er ]

noun

, British Slang.

1. swot ²( def 2 ).

Example Sentences

After all, having seen the heavily criticised “sensitive revisions” of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books – swapping “tinker” with “traveller” and “awful swotter” becoming “bookworm” – pulled from sale because everyone wanted the originals, you might imagine appetite for modernised literary classics had dwindled.

From The Guardian

"Housemistress" will be replaced by "teacher" and "school tunic" will become "uniform" and "awful swotter" will be rendered down into "bookworm".

From The Guardian

To affirm that Robespierre was a pedantic ``swotter'' is not to reveal the causes of his absolute power over the Convention, at a time when he had spent several months in decimating it with perfect impunity.

From Project Gutenberg

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