Definitions
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- noun One who is not a
swimmer , who does not or cannotswim .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Allen and the kids even challenged this nonswimmer to swing out over the lake on a rope and drop into the water—screaming all the way.
Here We Go Again Betty White 1995
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If somebody truly is a nonswimmer or not a good swimmer, wearing a life jacket is a good idea - even a ski vest.
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However, like any nonswimmer who believed he was drowning, Happy couldn’t stop fighting.
Home Of The Brave Loren Long 2010
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However, like any nonswimmer who believed he was drowning, Happy couldn’t stop fighting.
Home Of The Brave Loren Long 2010
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He’d been a nonswimmer in deep water at a big ASA reception in New York, and she’d been the lifeguard—though he hadn’t known it at first.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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He’d been a nonswimmer in deep water at a big ASA reception in New York, and she’d been the lifeguard—though he hadn’t known it at first.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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