flipsy v Also: in logging, to run lightly from one log to another during the river drive.
   1983 Books in Canada Aug/Sep, p. 8 'Can Uncle John still flipsy?' [is] a question asked to gather opinions that tell whether or not an aging riverman can copy from junk to junk across a sack boom of fours. 1986 FELTHAM 97 The skill demonstrated by Newfoundland seal hunters in travelling over loose ice was undoubtedly developed while 'copying' or 'flipsying' over the harbour pans in their teen-age play.

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