![Swinging the Lead by Long, Denny (introduces): (1996) | timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association) Swinging the Lead by Long, Denny (introduces): (1996) | timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association)](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/30829842133.jpg)
Swinging the Lead by Long, Denny (introduces): (1996) | timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association)
![davie forbes on Twitter: "@OnthisdayRN Same as "Swinging the lead" meaning to take an extraordinary amount of time to fulfil an easy task." / Twitter davie forbes on Twitter: "@OnthisdayRN Same as "Swinging the lead" meaning to take an extraordinary amount of time to fulfil an easy task." / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHBDSAtXUAAw49Z.jpg)
davie forbes on Twitter: "@OnthisdayRN Same as "Swinging the lead" meaning to take an extraordinary amount of time to fulfil an easy task." / Twitter
![PbO - "Plumbum Oscillans. Very clever mock Latin phrase equating to ` swinging the lead`, meaning pretending to be ill, or generally avoiding work by some other means. PbO seemingly first appeared as PbO - "Plumbum Oscillans. Very clever mock Latin phrase equating to ` swinging the lead`, meaning pretending to be ill, or generally avoiding work by some other means. PbO seemingly first appeared as](http://acronymsandslang.com/acronym_image/2578/9558982e298b110d296e316873435532.jpg)