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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word turn-up:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. turn-up, turn-up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. turn-up: Wordnik
  4. turn-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. turn-up: Wiktionary
  6. turn-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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noun:  Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
noun:  (dated) A fight or disturbance.
noun:  (card games) The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.
noun:  (figurative) A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
noun:  (historical) A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images.

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