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swan's-down

noun

  1. the fine soft down feathers of a swan, used to trim powder puffs, clothes, etc
  2. a thick soft fabric of wool with silk, cotton, or rayon, used for infants' clothing, etc
  3. a cotton fabric with a heavy nap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Having decided it should be white, he seized the swans-down powder puff, and commenced the operation on the right side.

This is a comforter, a quilt, for the Spiders babies, softer than any swans down and warm as toast.

Her couch is more delicate than swans-down and whiter than the fleece of clouds where brood the summer storms.

“Yes, mademoiselle,” and Estelle deftly obeyed orders and brought a white boudoir gown edged with swans-down.

Cut in the whites and add one cup of swans down flour sifted with one teaspoonful of baking powder.

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