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swan songs

swan songs is the plural 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

Questions about swan songs

What is swan songs the plural of?
Swan songs is the plural of swan song.

Words near swan songs in the dictionary

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  2. Swan River
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  4. swan shot
  5. swan song
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  8. swan uppers
  9. swan upping
  10. swan uppings
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