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- noun soccer someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a
fan ,player ,coach , etc. - noun Australian rules football someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a
fan ,player ,coach , etc. - proper noun A
surname .
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Examples
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Of all the theatres, [251] however, the largest and the most magnificent is that one of which the sign is a swan, called in the vernacular the Swan
Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913
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Ghiselin, whose show-stopping solo turn as a molting and imperishable dying swan from Swan
NYT > Home Page By GUY TREBAY 2010
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Ghiselin, whose show-stopping solo turn as a molting and imperishable dying swan from Swan
NYT > Home Page By GUY TREBAY 2010
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If you really want to rent a car, La Nueva Posada has safe parking available while the Swan Inn does not, but the Swan is a couple of blocks closer to the restaurants and shops.
April Visit 2004
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Bella Swan is white because, I assert, that's what the author knew (she lives in Utah!) and that was the character who came to her -- built out of her own subconscious.
Can we grow the number of readers? Roger Sutton 2009
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Before your first book of prose, you published many volumes of poetry and articles for food and wine publications, and now your first novel, Swan, is available in paperback.
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Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black.
Archive 2009-11-01 Michael Stevens 2009
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Why Emmerich would overlook the massive amount of compelling evidence contained in Swan, for this tenuous story is strange.
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Great for dance lovers who have watched The Red Shoes a thousand times, Black Swan is enjoyably over-the-top in the midst of its deadly serious exploration of artists who push themselves to succeed.
Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Days 1 And 2: Midnight Madness Michael Giltz 2010
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It's shot like a suspense or horror film and our heroine is having a mental breakdown of sorts while she desperately tries to prepare for the lead role in Swan Lake.
Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Days 1 And 2: Midnight Madness Michael Giltz 2010
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