to-an'-fro

Updated: May 21, 2025

This day fortnight we were beatin' up an' across the Bay o' Biscay, after a four months' to-an'-fro game in front of Toolon Harbour. Blowin' fresh it was, an' we makin' pretty poor weather of it the Vesoovius bein' a powerful wet tub, an' a slug at the best o' times.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - News from the Duchy