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swan-upping

n Brit

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the practice or action of marking nicks in swans' beaks as a sign of ownership

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the annual swan-upping of royal cygnets on the River Thames

[from up (in the archaic sense: to catch and mark a swan)]

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