- a variation of Suwannee.
Swanee
Britishnoun
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Laguna was the champion and he thought I'd go down the Swanee dead easy with the heat and everything.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2023
More typical are heirs such as Swanee and Helen Hunt, who rejected the conservativism of their father, HL Hunt, who was among the richest men in America.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2017
“I’ve traveled in 60 countries, and she is really seen as the hope for women worldwide,” says philanthropist, former ambassador to Austria and longtime Hillary supporter Swanee Hunt.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 10, 2015
"Swanee River", a minstrel from the Deep South, and "Unchain My Heart", first recorded by Ray Charles and then by Joe Cocker, followed.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2012
A blue-eyed Loudoun youth whistling "Swanee River" brought a brimming bucket from the stream that made the pool and poured it gleefully into the kettle.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
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