Definition of "trudgen" [trudgen]

• A swimming stroke in which a double overarm movement is combined with a scissors kick. (noun)

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• "Byron may have used a variant of the trudgen, with breaststroke kicks and crawl-style arm action."
• "He changed from breast to over-arm stroke, then he shifted to the crawl and trudgen stroke."
• "That’s only the old trudgen dressed up with a modern name."