turn-up

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.

   “Why does all this fluff accumulate in the turn-ups?”

2. isim A fight or disturbance.
3. isim 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.”

4. isim 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.”

5. isim 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.”