tip-up
Britishadjective
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We jig, with a baited tip-up 15 feet away.
From New York Times
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
The bleachers in the second deck on the east side of the stadium were replaced by tip-up seats and moved to the berm on the north side, adding 1,000 seats.
From Los Angeles Times
As you sit on a tip-up scarlet seat in a pint-size but perfect movie house, waiting to watch Eyes Without A Face, these layers of fantasy collapse into each other.
From The Guardian
The viewing area consisted of several rows of red velvet tip-up cinema seats taken from the local Roxy.
From The Guardian
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