tip-up
adjective
(prenominal) able to be turned upwards around a hinge or pivot: a tip-up seat
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How to use tip-up in a sentence
But suppose you lived where there wasn't any land to speak of that didn't tip up; in New England, say—what would you do then?
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam HawksworthHe dreaded each minute to see it tip up and its golden treasure pour out on the floor.
A Girl of the Klondike | Victoria CrossReaching down he lifted up the tail and held the tip up above the surface.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon CasserlyThe bath room has got a tip up bason and a hose thing for washing your head.
The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan | Daisy AshfordAs we looked at them we constantly expected to see them tip up in front from the weight of the engineer.
The Voyage of the Rattletrap | Hayden Carruth
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