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trudgen
(trudgen)
Pronunciation:
/ˈtrʌdʒ(ə)n/
noun
a swimming stroke like the crawl with a scissors movement of the legs.
Origin:
late 19th century
: named after John Trudgen (1852–1902), English swimmer
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