Meanings
adjectiveflip-top (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving a lid or covering that flips open.
They're pure; they come in big flip-top bottles.
1940 August 1, The Leader, Angaston, SA, page 1, column 11 more example
If I had a flip-top head and managed to hack up an entire lung, I could not have topped those guys.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 152
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