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
At all events, describe to him the cock of a head, the glance of an eye, the tip-up of a tail, or the sheen of a feather, and he will name you the bird.
From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Shepperson, Claude A.
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