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  • noun Plural form of salchow.

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Examples

  • New Yorkers with a passion for triple salchows and the disposable income to purchase benefit tickets gathered at Chelsea Piers for the Ice Theatre of New York's 25th anniversary gala.

    Hamill Gala Showing Is Golden Marshall Heyman 2010

  • The celebs-turned-skaters have five weeks to practice before hitting the ice and trying to prove if they know their axels from their salchows.

    Skating With the Stars Reveals Cast 2010

  • The difference between Obama and these men, though, and even George W. Bush, is that these presidents pretty much stayed with the course they started with throughout their presidencies, and were not doing the flip flops, triple axels, salchows, and toe spins (using a figure skating metaphor) or figure 8 drifting (using an automobile theatrics metaphor) that Obama has been increasingly demonstrating.

    Obama Addresses Critics on ‘Centrist’ Moves - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • She had no chance to win, which gave her a chance to do something other than completely dedicate herself to triple lutzes and salchows and all that.

    If the Olympics are "soft porn" and you are "concentrating" on the female gymnasts.... Ann Althouse 2008

  • On three Saturdays, you can fine-tune your salchows and lutzes with world champion figure skater Karen Magnussen and other icy luminaries, then watch them show how it's done at a special Ice Show.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed By Jennifer Van Evra 2011

  • Those who skated first were at an immediate disadvantage because judges, keeping their powder dry for those later in the show, weren't going to award them perfect marks no matter how well they executed their toe loops, twizzles, salchows or death spirals.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • Those who skated first were at an immediate disadvantage because judges, keeping their powder dry for those later in the show, weren't going to award them perfect marks no matter how well they executed their toe loops, twizzles, salchows or death spirals.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By JOHN LEICESTER 2010

  • Those who skated first were at an immediate disadvantage because judges, keeping their powder dry for those later in the show, weren't going to award them perfect marks no matter how well they executed their toe loops, twizzles, salchows or death spirals.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By JOHN LEICESTER 2010

  • Those who skated first were at an immediate disadvantage because judges, keeping their powder dry for those later in the show, weren't going to award them perfect marks no matter how well they executed their toe loops, twizzles, salchows or death spirals.

    Long Island Press Associated Press 2010

  • Those who skated first were at an immediate disadvantage because judges, keeping their powder dry for those later in the show, weren't going to award them perfect marks no matter how well they executed their toe loops, twizzles, salchows or death spirals.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

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