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Swan-hopping — Swan hop ping, n. A corruption of {Swan upping}. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swan-hopping — piŋ noun ( s) Etymology: by alteration : swan upping … Useful english dictionary
Swan-upping — Swan up ping, n. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; called also {swan hopping}. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hooded Swan (series) — The Hooded Swan Series (or Star Pilot Grainger Series) is a series of science fiction novels by Brian Stableford, published in the early 1970s, beginning with Halcyon Drift (1972). It consists of six books, which have also been collected in an… … Wikipedia
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