sb. [CUT v. 59; in sense 2 from the ppl. adj.] 1. An act of cutting up.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, IX. i. ‘Why indeed, sir,’ said Hobson, ‘I can’t but say it was rather a cut-up.’
1878. Mary C. Jackson, Chaperon’s Cares, xi. It will be a fearful cut-up for the Hartopp girls.
2. A kind of hosiery (see quot.)
1892. Labour Commission Gloss., Cut-ups, articles made upon steam round-about machines, sometimes in long straight pieces, which are cut up with scissors into the shape of stockings, shirts, or pants, and sewn together by a machine.
1893. Westm. Gaz., 10 March, 6/3. ‘Cut-ups’ are an inferior class of hosiery turned out by the machine in long straight lengths.
