Only time I ever was a floater was when I was a kid and didn't know the real meaning of work.
"Out of the Primitive"
Robert Ames Bennet
Of course; reckon I'd make such a howl about a floater?
"The Lost City"
Joseph E. Badger, Jr.
A story is told of a country deacon praying for rain in this manner: "Lord, don't send us any chunk floater.
"The Art of Public Speaking"
Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein