Australian crawl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Australian crawl
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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He often swims in the pool at the American Embassy Club, rippling the water with a powerful Australian crawl.
From Time Magazine Archive
After his circulation was thus methodically aroused, he plunged in, swam past the breakers, churned up & down parallel to the beach for 45 minutes, ably swimming side stroke, breast stroke, Australian crawl.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a sailor is well advised to take along a reliable Mae West and a strong Australian crawl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reading a Sydney newspaper's fuzzy description of the Australian crawl, with which Down Under swimmers were then smashing records, young Handy tried to imitate the stroke he had never seen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Myrtle, listen: That Australian crawl was necessary when our skirts were so narrow we had to negotiate a curbing before we could take it.
From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna
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