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- noun Alternative form of
doggy paddle .
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Examples
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It was an effort, but before long she could manage an awkward breaststroke and a functional doggy-paddle on her own.
Marine Life 2010
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Although I am still trying to work out what Geralt, Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher of Rivia, is doing taking a doggy-paddle on the front cover.
Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes Adam Whitehead 2009
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The ensuing sticky puddle was so enormous that an innocent bystander named Max Keeping quite literally had to doggy-paddle through it in order not to drown.
Industrial Cream Puff Accident Maims 1, Shocks All. Jay 2007
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The ensuing sticky puddle was so enormous that an innocent bystander named Max Keeping quite literally had to doggy-paddle through it in order not to drown.
Archive 2007-12-01 Jay 2007
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In an awkward swimming motion, like a child learning to doggy-paddle, he reached the chariot before it disappeared completely.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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She said she pictured herself emerging from the water onto the beach and vowed to doggy-paddle there, if that was what it took.
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She said she pictured herself emerging from the water onto the beach and vowed to doggy-paddle there, if that was what it took.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Man and mutso wade and doggy-paddle through a flooded street of Durazno, Uruguay.
SFGate: Top News Stories SF Gate Staff 2010
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Man and mutso wade and doggy-paddle through a flooded street of Durazno, Uruguay.
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David Ng in the City Pages: "Delving far beyond where most art-house programmers dare to doggy-paddle, the fourth annual"
GreenCine Daily 2009
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