turn-upn.adj.
/ˈtəːnʌp/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌəp/ A. n.† 1. See quot. 1612, and cf. to turn up at turn v. Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. rare—1.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 315 They are whores, harlots, trulls, baggages, bayards, turne-vps, curtesanes.
2. The turned up part of anything, esp. of a garment. spec. The turned-up cuff of a trouser-leg.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > turn-up
reversa1382
tirvingc1400
turfc1440
turn-up1688
turnback1843
reverse1859
upturn1923
the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > that which is or may be folded > a folded part > part folded in specific way
turn-up1688
turnback1843
turn-down1849
turn-in1873
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > end > specific part
turn-up1764
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg > turn-up
trouser cuff1896
cuff1911
turn-up1925
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. iv. 295/2 A pilgrims hat of St. James,..on the turne-vp, two staves in salter debrused with an Escalop shell Or.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iv. v. 307/1 I haue obserued that sleeues both in coates and crests haue had their Turn-vps of diuerse fashions.
1764 S. Foote Patron i. 5 He found the turn-up of her nose too exactly resemble the bust of the princess Popæa.
1901 Daily Record (Glasgow) 21 Dec. 4 They..have velvet collars, narrow turn-ups at the cuffs, and are well shaped to the waist.
1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 230 A hat..that'd suit you to a T! It's exactly made for you, turn-up on the side and all!
1925 Minister's Rep. of Fashion for Gentlemen Feb. 8/2 Permanent turn-ups are still worn for outdoor wear.
1933 J. E. Liberty Pract. Tailoring vi. 77 For turned-up bottoms, called permanent turn-ups, go down on the seam from the mark the width of turn-up required..and make a straight line across the bottom.
a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xiii. 81 He had..beautifully cut narrow trousers of fawn cavalry twill, without turn ups.
1969 B. Malamud Pictures of Fidelman (U.K. ed.) i. 25 His blue gabardine suit—a one-button jacket affair, the trousers a little frayed at the turn-ups.
1972 G. Durrell Catch me a Colobus vii. 142 She..nosed round our legs eagerly, searching in our turn-ups to see whether she could find anything to eat.
3.
a. The turning up of a particular card or die in games of chance; the card or die turned up; hence fig., a mere chance, a ‘toss-up’; a result which is purely a matter of chance; also, an unexpected appearance or phenomenon; an unexpected occurrence, a surprise. Cf. sense A. 3b.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity > even chance
jeopardyc1374
even lay1584
an equal, even wager1638
toss-up1809
turn-up1810
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > unexpected event or course of events
went1338
emergent1620
emergencya1631
counter-turninga1668
emergencea1676
counter-turn1744
go1783
contretemps1809
turn-up1884
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise
marvelc1300
miracle1586
surprise1592
bricolea1631
surprisal1660
thunderbolt1787
startle1823
start1825
startler1829
eye-opener1833
a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837
shock1841
thunder-clap1852
startlement1867
staggerer1872
thunderstroke1880
Scarborough warning1890
surprise packet1900
bombshell1926
curveball1936
turn-up1942
a turn-up for the book(s)1948
conversation stopper1959
left turn1986
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 265 He..recorded turns up of all the chances.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 189 It is often a turn-up of a die, in the gambling freaks of fate, whether a natural genius shall turn out a great rogue or a great poet.
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. vi. 152 What the ‘turn-up’ would be I knew no more than a card-player, who has just had the pack cut to him.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Cribbage 79 If the turn up should also be of the same suit, you count one extra.
1884 J. Burroughs in Cent. Mag. XXVII. 926 The type of men of which Emerson and Carlyle are the most pronounced..examples..are comparatively a new turn-up in literature.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §178/1 Surprise..bob-up, springer, turn-up.
1961 R. Park Hole in Hill (1962) x. 79 ‘Well, this is a turn-up,’ said Dunk in disgust. ‘How do we get out?’
1972 Jazz & Blues Oct. 26/3 What a turn-up then to find there's another version.
b. spec. in Horse Racing: see quot. 1873. Frequently in phr. a turn-up for the book(s); also in gen. use (colloq.), an unexpected turn of fortune, a surprise.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > unexpected luck
turn-up1873
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise
marvelc1300
miracle1586
surprise1592
bricolea1631
surprisal1660
thunderbolt1787
startle1823
start1825
startler1829
eye-opener1833
a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837
shock1841
thunder-clap1852
startlement1867
staggerer1872
thunderstroke1880
Scarborough warning1890
surprise packet1900
bombshell1926
curveball1936
turn-up1942
a turn-up for the book(s)1948
conversation stopper1959
left turn1986
1873 Slang Dict. Turn up,..an unexpected slice of luck. Among sporting men bookmakers are said to have a turn up when an unbacked horse wins.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 7/2 With such a moderate field nobody will be surprised if the result is a ‘turn-up’ as astonishing as was the victory of Throstle last year.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 8/1 The Jubilee Handicap on Saturday ended in a tremendous turn-up for the fielders.
1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xviii. 209 Won by a length and a half on a tight rein; and was that a turn up for the book!
1951 People 3 June 2/2 What a Derby Day it was! And what a turn up for the books!
1959 P. Bull I know Face ii. 35 I reported my findings to Mr Huth, who said..perhaps I would like to write the script. Now this was quite a turn-up for the book, as very few people..are allowed to say what they write.
1968 ‘C. Franklin’ Escape viii. 104 This was indeed a turn up for the book. ‘Penelope!’ he exclaimed.
1978 J. Wainwright Jury People v. 16 A bit of a turn up for the book, isn't it? Murder, I mean.
1983 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 8/7 Even..the Labour group's spokesman..could not hide his surprise... ‘This is a real turnup for the books. I am quite amazed by it..,’ he said.
4. A boxing contest; hence, loosely, a fight, a set-to, esp. with the fists; also, a tussle, struggle; a disturbance, row.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight
bicker1297
fightc1300
tirpeilc1330
ragea1393
stradec1400
intermell1489
cockfighta1513
skirm1534
bustle1579
pell-mellc1586
brabble1587
jostle1607
scufflea1616
counterbuff1632
mêléea1648
roil1690
tussle1749
scrimmage1780
turn-up1810
scrape1812
pounding match1815
mellay1819
struggle1840
mix-up1841
scrap1846
rough-up1891
turn-to1893
push and shove1895
bagarre1897
stoush1908
dogfight1910
bundle1936
sort-out1937
yike1940
bassa-bassa1956
punch-up1958
thump-up1967
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest
boxing match1699
set-to1743
bruising-match1757
show-off1776
rally1805
turn-up1810
mill1812
spar1814
twista1849
wap1887
go1890
scrap1905
promotion1907
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
tirpeilc1330
to-doc1330
affraya1393
frayc1420
tuilyiea1500
fraction1502
broil1525
ruffle1534
hurly-burly1548
embroilment1609
roil1690
fracas1727
row1746
the devil among the tailors1756
noration1773
splorea1791
kick-upa1793
rumption1802
ruction1809
squall1813
tulyie-mulyie1827
shindy1829
shine1832
donnybrook1852
shiveau1862
roughhouse1882
ruckus1885
shemozzle1885
turn-up1891
rookus1892
funk1900
incident1913
potin1922
shivoo1924
furore1946
shindig1961
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 195 The next amusement was a turn-up betwixt Crib and Richman.
1827 Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiv. 324 We must have a turn-up, or we shall be the talk of the country side... Come, stand forward like a man.
c1874 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) vi. 160 Campbell, however, had a turn-up with a grizzly.
1891 S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London 78 The why and the wherefore of all this turn-up.
5. The curve of the projecting lower jaw of a bull-dog.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > bulldog > parts of
turn-up1905
1905 H. St. J. Cooper Bull-dogs & Bull-dog Breeding 98 This well-known dog..has a grandly shaped head, with small well-carried ears, large under-jaw, turn-up and lay-back.
1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog v. 64 It [sc. a type of bulldog] has certain well-defined characteristics, notably the extreme width and turn-up of underjaw.
1973 J. F. Gordon Bulldog (rev. ed.) iv. 53 (caption) Nice head and skull, good ‘turn-up’.
B. adj.
That is turned up, or turns up, in various senses.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > folded up or down
turn-up1685
turned-up1836
turned-down1840
rollaway1882
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > upwards
turned-up1621
resimated1681
turn-up1685
upturning1769
retroussé1802
kipper1822
upturned1843
upcurved1870
upswept1960
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up > able to be
voluble1662
roll-up1748
turn-up1767
shut-up1799
collapsible1843
telescoping1873
collapsing1884
packaway1892
foldaway1960
1685 London Gaz. No. 2032/4 A small Spaniel Lap Dog.., with..a short turn-up Nose.
c1690 in Roxburghe Ballads (1895) VIII. 17 Turn-up stockings they constantly wear.
1767 in Daily Chron. 19 Nov. (1908) 4/7 You may sit in their Royal presence, not in pews, but in turn-up seats on the side of them.
1800 Hull Advertiser 19 Apr. 3/2 An infant..was smothered..with the bed-clothes of a turn-up bedstead.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. ii. 265 The sharp-pointed, turn-up chin of a pantaloon.
1823 C. Lamb Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist in Elia 80 She would not take advantage of the turn-up knave.
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 211 Stalls with turn-up seats and benches.
1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xix. 166 It was neatly furnished, with a small table, a turn-up bedstead, etc.
1909 Daily Graphic 20 Oct. 13/1 The hat with the turn-up brim.
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