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- noun Plural form of
nonswimmer .
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Examples
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Cecil and William were part of a demonstration about how to save nonswimmers from drowning.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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But Winton is pitch perfect in capturing (but not exploiting) adolescent angst, and he describes surfing and the sea so thrillingly that even nonswimmers will want to plunge right in.
Breath: Summary and book reviews of Breath by Tim Winton. 2008
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And one pool is 110,000 gallon pool and the other pool is a one-foot pool for nonswimmers.
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Of the four pools, Al Rafadain's reopening has been the most trouble-free -- partly because its complex of three pools segregates nonswimmers.
Simple Pleasures 2008
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When I was a camper, only nonswimmers wore life preservers on the lake.
The Organization Kid 2001
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When I was a camper, only nonswimmers wore life preservers on the lake.
The Organization Kid 2001
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Type IV throwables are not designed as PFDs for unconscious persons, nonswimmers, or children.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Type IV throwables are not designed as PFDs for unconscious persons, nonswimmers, or children.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Three times he swam the Gniloy Tikich to retrieve wounded nonswimmers.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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The waters in the immediate vicinity of the foundering liner were alive with people on rafts or clinging to planks or nonswimmers frantically churning the surface of the sea with the last of their rapidly failing strength.
The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985
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