noun
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the skin of a swan with the feathers attached
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a fine twill-weave flannel fabric
Etymology
Origin of swanskin
Example Sentences
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The theme of Tempest is repeated in miniature form�as the entwined lovers on the Bay of Naples�on one of the seven swanskin fans.
From Time Magazine Archive
And inside that cage was a small bird, like none Hazel had ever seen, as gleaming white as the feathers of the swanskin.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
There was a swanskin, and you thought it might make you beautiful.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
During the reign of Louis XV. carved Indian and China fans displaced to some extent those formerly imported from Italy, which had been painted on swanskin parchment prepared with various perfumes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Then he came from where he was hiding and gave her the swanskin.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic
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