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Word: swish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...following day. This brought down the house, (or rather the boat) and completed John's bliss. After a comfortable smoke on the deck, enlivened by a number of songs with jolly choruses, your correspondent turned in for the night, and was soon snoring a deep accompaniment to the melodious (?) swish of the paddle wheels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Board the "Pilgrim." | 11/30/1887 | See Source »

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