turn-up
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turn-up
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Deverbal from turn up.
noun turn-ups · turnup
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Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
Why does all this fluff accumulate in the turn-ups?
Similar: cuff, trouser cuff
- A fight or disturbance. I was passable enough when I went with the tinker, though nothing to boast of then; but what with blowing the fire with my mouth when I was young, and spileing my complexion, and singeing my hair off, and swallering the smoke, and what with being nat’rally unfort’nate in the way of running against h
- The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed. I'll bet $10 that the next turn-up is an ace.
- A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book. Despondent settled down favourite, but ran badly, and the fielders had a fine turn up by the success of Carlton Spring, on whom Allsopp jumped off in front and stayed there.
- A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images. Books with flaps which lifted up and down and known as "turn-ups" came about in 1795 and were listed in Laurie and Whittle's catalogue.
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Talk about this word "turn-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/turn-up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. turn-up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/turn-up "turn-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/turn-up.Cite this
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title = {turn-up},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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