They, with buckets in hand, were dashing the water over the decks to carry off the sand through the scuppers, and then they had to dry the decks with huge swabs, which they swung about, now bringing them down on one side, now on another, with loud flops.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
She ain't one o' your weak sort that flops down at the slightest report of good or bad luck, but we'd better be on the safe side.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
But his heart was doing flip-flops.
"Man of Many Minds"
E. Everett Evans