nonce-wd. [f. SWINDLE sb.3 + -DOM.] The realm or domain of swindles.
1861. Engineer, XII. 30 Aug., 118/3. When an ordinary traveller complains of the exorbitant charges at Swindledom station, he is reminded that an extensive establishment has to be kept up for an inconstant supply of a few customers.
1865. Daily News, 18 Aug., 4/5. Mr. Tidd Pratt’s statement reads almost like a sensational novel, the scene of which is laid in the regions of Swindledom.
1869. Harrisburg Telegraph, 2 Feb., 1/5. The friends of the manly art [boxing] are beginning to lift up their heads and express a hope that the age of blackguardism and swindledom, as they call it, has passed away.
1893. Scott. Leader, 10 June, 10 (heading), The latest from swindledom.
1906. The Sun (N.Y.), 9 Dec., 45/7. A man whose bottomless purse is the lodestar of all swindledom.
