Australian crawl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Australian crawl
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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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
The worst sin in the Australian calendar was scabbing, and the prevailing work pace was one that G.I.s came to call "the 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
Mrs. Coolidge doesn't know she is taking lessons, but I am really teaching her the Australian crawl, a movement in which the hands paddle and the feet kick.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He has the Australian crawl and all the fancy strokes."
From The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
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