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swansdowns

swansdowns is the plural of swansdown.

Meaning of swansdown

Noun

swansdown (usually uncountable, plural swansdowns)

  1. (usually) The down of a swan.
    • Oh, to be free of Princes' at one-thirty, of being the tiny kitten in the swansdown basket, of being the Arabian, and the grave, delighted child and the little wild creature. . . .1920, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Revelations”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, pages 266–267
  2. (usually) A soft woolen fabric; flannelette.

Questions about swansdowns

What is swansdowns the plural of?
Swansdowns is the plural of swansdown.

Words near swansdowns in the dictionary

  1. swans
  2. Swans Crossing
  3. Swanscombe
  4. Swanscombe and Greenhithe
  5. swansdown
  6. swansdowns
  7. Swansea
  8. Swansea Bay
  9. Swansea Heads
  10. swanship
  11. swanships

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