silvertip

[ sil-ver-tip ]

Origin of silvertip

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; silver + tip1

Words Nearby silvertip

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How to use silvertip in a sentence

  • Her feet rested in the fur of a monster silvertip, fur thicker and softer than the pile of any carpet ever fabricated by man.

    North of Fifty-Three | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • You can imagine how anxious the young Swift was during those three days, and how small he tried to be when silvertip was around.

    Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • “Yes,” answered silvertip, who liked a joke as well as anybody, unless it were a joke on himself alone.

    Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • When at last he was ready for flight, silvertip was under the snowball bush near by.

    Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • He was facing silvertip, so the Cat did not see the five dark stripes on his back till later.

    Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson