There is always something rather taking in the way a duck changes itself in an instant from a slow, clumsy waddler of the earth to a graceful, buoyant swimmer of the waters, and Crefton waited with a certain arrested attention to watch the leader of the file launch itself on to the surface of the pond.
"The Chronicles of Clovis"
Saki
And she said,-Now what's the use, Of letting that old waddler have Such a pretty thing as that?
"Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad"
Various
The waddler prudently retired, but the Spitz, with all the disproportionate courage of a knight of old attacking a fire-breathing dragon, lanced himself in front of the car.
"The Princess Passes"
Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson