tip-tilted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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From her mother, Mexican Actress Lupita Tovar, she inherited liquid, tip-tilted eyes of striking beauty.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was suddenly very conscious of my tip-tilted nose and of the added toll of freckles that the summer always exacted from it.
From A House Party with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
“It must be an exceedingly crude country,” remarked Hortense, her nose tip-tilted.
From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Amy Bell Marlowe
The room was always open between morning and afternoon school, and it was not an uncommon sight to see members of the form reading novels in tip-tilted chairs.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
If they are tip-tilted and frowsy it may go a little bit hard with us.
From Rosemary and Rue by Amber
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