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Association Flipper, a game invented in Groningen in the Netherlands in 2006 by Ned Kelly of Mansfield Road Football Club
Henry Ossian Flipper (1856–1940), the first African American cadet to graduate from West Point
Flipper, A hiker that skips a section of trail to come back and hike it later in the season.
Flippers, a fried dough pastry popular on Cape Cod, also known as malasadas.
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Flipper's military career was cut short, however, when he was court-martialed for embezzlement of commissary funds, for falsifying government records, and for lying to his commander.
Flippers efforts only resulted in him being court-martialed, and charged with "embezzlement" and "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." His trial was held in the post chapel at Fort Davis in November and December of 1881.
While acknowledging that Flipper falsified reports and lied to his commanding officer, the army ruled that regardless of race, the sentence handed down in December of 1881 and upheld by the president in 1882 was too severe for the crime.
Strangely enough Flipper stayed near Karmøy throughout the winter, although the water temperature dropped to about 6°C (43°F), which is pretty cold for a bottlenosed dolphin.
When we were there, Flipper appeared towards the end of the morning on one of two beaches.
Flipper disappeared for a few days and was resighted about a week after the incident and his wounds seemed to be recovering.
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