Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A turncoat; a time-server.

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Examples

  • Richard, conscious that Trenchard must no doubt regard him as a turn-tippet, flushed, and stood aside to give passage to the other.

    Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912

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