Blimey, northern swan gets a pipe (7)
I believe the answer is:
corncob
'a pipe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'blimey northern swan' is the wordplay.
'blimey' becomes 'cor' (British expression of surprise 'cor blimey!').
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'swan' becomes 'cob' (cob is a kind of swan).
'cor'+'n'+'cob'='CORNCOB'
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for corncob that I've seen before include "Hard section of a ear of maize" , "Woody part of maize ear" , "Bit of maize" , "Source of a yellow vegetable" , "Smoked" .)