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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Swan-hopping

A corruption of Swan Upping- that is, taking the swans up the River Thames for the purpose of marking them. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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