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swan-upping
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Swan-uppingnoun
a yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping
Etymology and Origins
Swan-Upping
The name given from time immemorial by the Vintners’ Company to their annual up-Thames visitation of the swans belonging to them for the purpose of marking their bills with two nicks, by way of distinguishing them from the royal swans, that have five nicks.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of swan-upping in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of swan-upping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of swan-upping in a Sentence
The law states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the River Thames, today swan upping is about conservation and education.
Queen Swan Marker David Barber:
Swan Upping is the way of monitoring the welfare of the Thames swans, it dates right back to the 12th century when swans then were eaten, they were an important food; but of course today it is all about conservation and education.
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