English Explanatory Dictionary

swim the Thames

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To convert to Anglicanism.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swim, the, Thames.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swim the Thames.wav

Word forms

swim the Thames swims the Thames swimming the Thames swam the Thames swum the Thames cross the Thames

Etymology

Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber.

Related words

swim the Tiber
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