sb. and a. [f. the verbal phr. turn up (TURN v. 80).]
A. sb. † 1. See quot., and cf. turn up, TURN v. 80***, Obs. rare–1.
1612. Benvenuto’s 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.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, IV. iv. (Roxb.), 295/2. A pilgrims hat of St. James,… on the turne-vp, two staves in salter debrused with an Escalop shell Or. Ibid., v. 307/1. I haue obserued that sleeues both in coates and crests haue had their Turn-vps of diuerse fashions.
1764. Foote, Patron, I. 5. He found the turn-up of her nose too exactly resemble the bust of the princess Popæa.
1901. Daily Record, 21 Dec. 4. They … have velvet collars, narrow turn-ups at the cuffs, and are well shaped to the waist.
1902. Eliz. L. Banks, 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!
3. 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 that is purely a matter of chance; also, an unexpected appearance or phenomenon.
1810. Sporting Mag., XXXVI. 265. He … recorded turns up of all the chances.
1820. W. Irving, Sketch Bk., Stratford (1865), 327. It is often a turn-up of a die, in the gambling freaks of late, whether a natural genius shall turn out a great rogue or a great poet.
1844. J. T. Hewlett, Parsons & W., vi. What the ‘turn-up’ would be I knew no more than a card player, who has just had the pack cut to him.
1870. Hardy & Ware, Mod. Hoyle, Cribbage, 79. If the turn up should also be of the same suit, you count one extra.
1884. J. Burroughs, in Century 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.
b. spec. in Racing: see quot. 1873.
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. Ibid. (1900), 15 May, 8/1. The Jubilee Handicap on Saturday ended in a tremendous turn-up for the fielders.
4. A boxing contest; hence, loosely, a fight, a set-to, esp. with the fists; also, a tussle, struggle; a disturbance, row.
1810. Sporting Mag., XXXVI. 195. The next amusement was a turn-up betwixt Crib and Richman.
1827. Scott, Two Drovers, ii. We must have a turn-up, or we shall be the talk of the countryside…. Come, stand forward like a man.
c. 1874. G. H. Kingsley, Sport & Trav., vi. (1900), 160. Campbell, however, had a turn-up with a grizzly.
1891. Sara J. Duncan, Amer. Girl in Lond., 78. The why and the wherefore of all this turn-up.
b. attrib. or adj. That is turned up, or turns up, in various senses.
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2032/4. A small Spaniel Lap Dog…, with … a short turn-up Nose.
c. 1690. Roxb. Ball. (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 April, 3/2. An infant … was smothered … with the bed-clothes or a turn-up bedstead.
1809. Malkin, Gil Blas, XI. ii. (Rtldg.), 397. The sharp-pointed, turn-up chin of a pantaloon.
1821. Lamb, Elia, Ser. I. Mrs. Battle on Whist. She would not take advantage of the turn-up knave.
1848. Rickman, Archit., 21. Stalls with turn-up seats and benches.
1874. 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.
