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单词 to tip a stave to
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to tip a stave to (a person)
P3. slang. to tip (a person) a stave (also to tip a stave to (a person)): to sing a song to (a person); (in extended use) to speak or write to (a person). Cf. sense 10, tip v.4 1. Now rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing to
besing1828
to tip (one) a stave1883
society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write (a letter) [verb (transitive)] > write to
addressa1325
bepistle1589
beletter1655
epistolize1702
epistle1741
to tip (one) a stave1838
1762 J. Wignell Coll. Orig. Pieces 165 Come on, Brother Tars, and I'll tip you a Stave.
1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xxiii. 350 Jist tip a stave to the Governor of Nova Scotia, order him to inquire out the author.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. x. 77 ‘Now, Barbecue, tip us a stave,’ cried one voice.
1908 E. G. Kennedy in E. R. Pennell & J. Pennell Life J. M. Whistler II. xi. 174 Perhaps he knows the lay of the ground. You speak French like a native; tip him a stave.
1963 Sunday Times 24 Mar. (Weekly Review section) 34/4 The chaps in knee-breeches were standing about..as though perfectly willing to tip anybody a stave.
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