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单词 tip-tail
释义 tip-tail
[f. tip n.1 + tail n.1, after tiptoe.]
The tip of the tail: only in phr. on tip-tail or upon tip-tail.
1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Acharnians ii. vi, You sat all the time upon tip-tail [Gr. ἐπ' ἄκρων πυγιδίων on the tips of their rumps].1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. xxv, A curly serpent standing on tip tail between them.1900A. B. Cook in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XX. 2 Straightway struck by the crown you sat there on tip-tail.
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