Meaning of swanling | Babel Free

Definitions

A young or baby swan; a cygnet.

Examples

“Suddenly I feel⟳ myself become⟳ small as a swanling, tucked into the swan's feathers.”

“Slim ran over to the pond and unleashed the excited swanlings. They followed Moose and Slim to a quiet backwash of the river and glided gracefully into the water. Moose sat down on a little hillock and listened to Slim talking to the swanlings.”

“The narrative concerns a female duck who hatches four dark ducklings, and when the fifth turns out to be a white “swanling,” the father duck more or less accuses his wife of adultery.”

“Bruno Bettelheim What this is really about is how you and your own⟳ dear swanling can rest⟳ securely in the feeling of belonging together when you experience⟳ daily life differently because others treat⟳ you differently.”

“So close⟳, swanling, do not hesitate. Her eyes went to the sun hanging between night and day and then to Wulfsun. I cannot leave⟳ him to such a fate. Without me, he is a dead man.”

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