Definition of Swan song

1. Noun. A final performance or effort (especially before retirement).

Exact synonyms: Last Hurrah
Generic synonyms: Performance

Definition of Swan song

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swan Song

swamps
swampy
swampy beggar-ticks
swamy
swan
swan's-down
swan's down
swan-dive
swan-flower
swan-neck
swan boat
swan boats
swan dive
swan hopping
swan orchid
swan song (current term)
swan upper
swan upping
swanee whistle
swanflower
swang
swangs
swanherd
swanherds
swanimote
swanimotes
swank
swanked
swanker
swankers

Literary usage of Swan song

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Lit Digest 52:382 F 12 '16 swan song of a great fair. Sunset 35:1051-2 D '15 Woman's room at the world's fair. AN Meyer. ..."

2. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... German's collaboration—Sullivan's swan-song—The fairy cleaner—" The Emerald Isle " in Dublin- Mrs. D'Oyly Carte resumes management with revivals—A gala ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... the Book of Isaiah seems to have followed Ezekiel, a fact which seems to confirm the late date of at least parts of the book. called his 'swan-song. ..."

4. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... German's collaboration—Sullivan's swan-song—The fairy cleaner—" The Emerald Isle " in Dublin- Mrs. D'Oyly Carte resumes management with revivals—A gala ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... the Book of Isaiah seems to have followed Ezekiel, a fact which seems to confirm the late date of at least parts of the book. called his 'swan-song. ..."

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