Lexicographical Neighbors of Trudgeon
Literary usage of Trudgeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Swimming and Watermanship by Louis de B. Handley (1922)
"THE trudgeon-CRAWL THIS stroke derives its name from the leg drive, which is a
combination of the rather wide scissor kick of the trudgeon and the narrower ..."
2. At Home in the Water: Swimming, Diving, Life Saving, Water Sports, Natatoriums by George Hebden Corsan (1914)
"This kick works with the pull of the underarm, as the trudgeon swimmer works
rather more on one ... The trudgeon is an easy stroke for a long distance swim. ..."
3. Swimming by Edwin Tenney Brewster (1910)
"V THE trudgeon THE king of all strokes, however, is the trudgeon. ... The trudgeon,
so-called because the great trudgeon did not swim it and never heard of ..."
4. Swimming Scientifically Taught: A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Frank Eugen Dalton (1912)
"It was first introduced by J. trudgeon in England in 1873. To use this stroke
the arms must be stiffened out all the time. Start on the right side, ..."
5. Modern Swimming: An Illustrated Manual by Joseph Henry Patrick Brown (1916)
"... VIII THE trudgeon STROKE The trudgeon stroke is the most difficult stroke to
master, but as it gives considerable speed it is a very popular one. ..."
6. The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900 by New South Wales Supreme Court (1882)
"Richard trudgeon made his last will on the 24th July, 1882, and appointed William
Stubbs the sole executor. Sly, for William Stubbs, applied on the usual ..."
7. How to Swim by Annette Kellermann (1918)
"When the trudgeon was first originated by an Englishman, whose name it bears ...
I am convinced that any swimmer who will learn the trudgeon properly can do ..."
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