Swanskin

When a spinster on a farm happens to see him remove his swanskin and change back to a man, the lives of these three individuals becomes inextricably linked ...and even more so, when the wizard comes looking for his wife. ❋ Douglascohen (2009)

The woman wants to stay in the swanskin, while the man wishes to resume his human form for a time. ❋ Douglascohen (2009)

This evening he was still in his white swanskin pantaloons with feet, streaked black on the pocket where he had wiped his pen. ❋ JULIE BAUMGOLD (2005)

Sometimes, while Grandfather Gardinois, who had laid aside in her honor his old-fashioned hunting-jackets and swanskin waistcoats, was jesting with her, amusing himself by contradicting her in order to draw out a sharp reply, she would gaze steadily, coldly into his eyes, without replying. ❋ Various (N/A)

His Majesty, before making his toilet, in summer, put on pantaloons of white pique and a dressing-gown of the same, and in winter, pantaloons and dressing-gown of swanskin, while on his head was a turban tied in front, the two ends hanging down on his neck behind. ❋ Various (N/A)

But you must hide the swanskin that belongs to the youngest maiden. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

Now that she had the swanskin she was able to transform herself. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

Then he came from where he was hiding and gave her the swanskin. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

She searched and searched, and at last the King's Son heard her say, "I would do anything in the world for the creature who would find my swanskin for me." ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

Then she came out and began to search for her swanskin. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

The one who carried the green scarf left her swanskin under a bush. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

Give the swanskin to her then, and tell her that the only thing she can do for you is to show you the way to her father's dominion. ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

She will search and search and when she cannot find it she will cry out, 'I would do anything in the world for the creature who would find my swanskin for me.' ❋ Padraic Colum (1926)

He must have been an escaped redemptioner, for he wore jauntily a swanskin three-cornered hat and stained breeches of a fine cloth. ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

Mme. Chantelouve entered, the lines of her figure advantageously displayed by a wrapper of white swanskin, which gave off a fragrance of frangipane. ❋ Keene [Translator] Wallace (1877)