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swallow

/ˈswɑ.loʊ/ noun C2
  1. The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing. (countable, uncountable) · He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
  2. The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing, commonly paired and eaten with various types of soup. (countable, uncountable)

Plural swallows

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## The Swallow and the Crow
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 3 · B2
THE SWALLOW and the Crow had a contention about their plumage.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 3 · B2
## The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 27 · B2
A SWALLOW, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 27 · B2

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