n. [ See Ship, n., and cf. Skipper. ] One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water. [ 1913 Webster ]
[いいだしっぺ, iidashippe] (exp) the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it