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dead-man's float

dead-man's float
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Definition of dead-man's float words

  • noun dead-man's float a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward. 1

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Origin of dead-man's float

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Dead-man's float

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dead-man's float popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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