Associations to the word «Turnup»

Noun

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Wiktionary

TURNUP, noun. (British) The cuff on a trouser leg that is, or can be turned up.
TURNUP, noun. The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.

Dictionary definition

TURNUP, noun. The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats