swannery
Origin of swannery
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How to use swannery in a sentence
Some pedigree Herefords for his ‘home farm’ was another commission, and a dozen and a half swans for a swannery.
When William Came | SakiThe first of these is master of the famous swannery or nursery of swans, the like of which, I believe, is not in Europe.
From London to Land's End | Daniel DefoeEvery one has heard of the Fleet in connection with the famous swannery of Abbotsbury, the largest in the land.
Afoot in England | W.H. HudsonI had heard so much about the swannery that it had but little interest for me.
Afoot in England | W.H. Hudson
British Dictionary definitions for swannery
/ (ˈswɒnərɪ) /
a place where swans are kept and bred
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