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单词 cob-swan
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cob-swan
2. A male swan; also cob-swan.
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1570 Order for Swans in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 962 Till due proofe be had..whose was the Swan, that is away; Be it Cobbe or Pen.
1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. D4 I'am not taken With a Cob-Swan, or a high-mounting Bull, As foolish Leda, and Europa were. View more context for this quotation
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 129 The hee swanne is called the Cobbe, and the shee-swanne the penne.
1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 320 Out-soar them, cobswan of the silver flock! Sing well!
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