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 Swan.Swan of Avon (The), or Sweet Swan of Avon. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Swan-hopping.
 
A corruption of Swan Upping—that is, taking the swans up the River Thames for the purpose of marking them. (See above.)   1
 


 Swan.Swan of Avon (The), or Sweet Swan of Avon. 

 
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