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swim

noun A1
  1. A dizziness; swoon.

Plural swims

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Where _can_ I have dropped them, I wonder?” Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen—everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2
People are found every day in the Seine, having thrown themselves in, or having been drowned from not knowing how to swim.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 112 · C1
But said I could not swim.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 93 · B2
“—_said I could not swim_—” you can’t swim, can you?” he added, turning to the Knave.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 94 · B2

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