tip-tilted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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When the Communists took over in 1949 they turned the three-storey edifice, with its roof of glazed green tiles and tip-tilted eaves, into a state guesthouse.
From Economist
I fancy I hear some dear creature with nose "tip-tilted like a flower" exclaim, "any sensible woman believing in cards."
From Project Gutenberg
She saw Porto Venere white in the sunshine, tip-tilted over the sea, and she saw The Book that was to live, to live after all.
From Project Gutenberg
A pair of black eyes, a head covered with short brown curls, two red cheeks, and a tip-tilted nose—that was Susan.
From Project Gutenberg
The face was dark in complexion, with black hair, the nose a trifle tip-tilted, and the lips full and red, but altogether a face very alluring and handsome.
From Project Gutenberg
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