The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trudgen stroke \Trudg"en stroke\ (Swimming) A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.
Usage examples of "trudgeon".
After the new law of 1571 was made, it was never put in force till Mayne and Trudgeon made fools of themselves, and that was full six years.
Swanking his trudgeon stroke he surged through the dirty water like an excited whale, puffing and blowing.
Crawl and Trudgeon Crawl are by all means the fastest strokes for propelling the human body through the water up to date.
The crawl stroke as originally introduced was a combination of the trudgeon arm stroke with a leg drive used by the natives of the South Sea Islands.
In the trudgeon crawl there is a greater roll to the body, and you breathe when rolling toward the right side, as in Fig.