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In reply to:a friend of my father used to always say
"Well, I'll swan."
Drove me to wonder, how exactly, one "swanned" and how swan came to be a verb.Well, I must admit I've never heard anyone say "I'll swan" before, but do USn's not talk about people swanning in?
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