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swan-song

swan-song is the alternative form of swan song.

Meaning of swan song

Noun

swan song (plural swan songs)

  1. (idiomatic) A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement.
    • Yet, on the whole, our good Saint-Pierre is musical, poetical though most morbid: we will call his Book the swan-song of old dying France.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VIII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (The Paper Age)
    Synonyms:
    farewell performance, last hurrah, final act

Forms of swan-song

pluralswan-songs

Questions about swan-song

What is swan-song the alternative form of?
Swan-song is the alternative form of swan song.

Words near swan-song in the dictionary

  1. swan-diving
  2. swan-necked
  3. swan-pan
  4. swan-pans
  5. swan-shot
  6. swan-song
  7. swan-songs
  8. SWANA
  9. Swanage
  10. Swanberg
  11. Swanbergs

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