flipper-to-flipper

Updated: May 21, 2025

Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed "beach-combers," as to whether the hides should be stowed "shingling," or "back-to-back, and flipper-to-flipper;" upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

It is no mean art, and a man skilled in it is an important character in California. Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed ``beach-combers, as to whether the hides should be stowed ``shingling, or ``back-to-back and flipper-to-flipper''; upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast