turn-up

== English == === Alternative forms === turnup === Etymology === Deverbal from turn up. === Noun === turn-up (plural turn-ups) Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter. Synonyms: cuff, (US) trouser cuff (dated) A fight or disturbance. (card games) The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed. (figurative) A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book. (historical) A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “turn-up n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “Turn up” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 331. === Anagrams === upturn