Swan-hopper

corruption of SWAN-UPPER.

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1641–2. in Willis & Clark, Cambridge (1886), III. 595. Ricardo Roby le Swanhopper pro le 9 Swans 1^l, 9^s.

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1827. Hone, Every-day Bk., II. 914. The … unsuspecting swan-hoppers.

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1894. Sir J. Astley, 50 Years Life, I. 12. They [sc. the horses] did not half tumble about; neither did the swan-hoppers.

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