Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Spooning

in rowing, is dipping the oars so little into the water as merely to skim the surface. The resistance being very small, much water is thrown up and more disturbed.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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