flip-top in English

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

Adjective