tip-up
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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We jig, with a baited tip-up 15 feet away.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020
An extra challenge was provided by the tip-up backless wooden chairs, bought from a second-hand shop in Gray’s Inn Road, on which a candidate had to wobble.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2019
The viewing area consisted of several rows of red velvet tip-up cinema seats taken from the local Roxy.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2012
Even fishing is largely automated, thanks to the tip-up, a device that raises a red flag or sounds a buzzer when a fish bites.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rod or round stick of wood is passed through the hole in the tip-up and placed across the round hole, as shown in the illustration.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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