Dogpaddle

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dog paddle. alt-of, alternative

    "But Leighton, like most Westerners, knew little about swimming, except for perhaps a dogpaddle, and Jane was most certainly not a swimmer."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dog paddle. alt-of, alternative

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backstrokebalneationbathebathingcrawldiving

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"But Leighton, like most Westerners, knew little about swimming, except for perhaps a dogpaddle, and Jane was most certainly not a swimmer."

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