(person) by kapn Wed Oct 18 2000 at 14:04:21

In respect of paddling, swimmer refers to to a former paddler. That is someone who's fallen out of their boat.

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(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Wed Jun 01 2005 at 23:48:13
swimmer

A counterfeit old coin.
swimmer

A ship.

I shall have a swimmer ; a cant phrase used by thieves to signify that they will be sent on board the tender.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:38:33

Swim"mer (?), n.

1.

One who swims.

2. Far.

A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

3. Zool.

A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Little swimmer Zool., a phalarope.

 

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