"turn-up for the book" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "turn-ups for the book",
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        "plural"
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        "1": "turn-ups for the book"
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "turn up for the book"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ismail Kadare, The Concert, →ISBN, page 412:",
          "text": "Well I never, all these plenums! What a turn-up for the book, eh?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Maurice Procter, The Dog Man, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When examined and identified, the jewelry in the nosebag was found to be loot from the Dog Man jobs; almost all the rings, brooches and watches which the man had stolen in Granchester. This 'turn-up for the book' eased matters considerably in the C.I.D.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Marjorie Owen, The Poison Pen, page 93:",
          "text": "“Well! That's a turn-up for the book,” Jim said when Richard told him of the latest mystery.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of turn up for the book"
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "turn-up for the book"
}

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    {
      "form": "turn-ups for the book",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "turn-ups for the book"
      },
      "expansion": "turn-up for the book (plural turn-ups for the book)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "turn up for the book"
        }
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ismail Kadare, The Concert, →ISBN, page 412:",
          "text": "Well I never, all these plenums! What a turn-up for the book, eh?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Maurice Procter, The Dog Man, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When examined and identified, the jewelry in the nosebag was found to be loot from the Dog Man jobs; almost all the rings, brooches and watches which the man had stolen in Granchester. This 'turn-up for the book' eased matters considerably in the C.I.D.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Marjorie Owen, The Poison Pen, page 93:",
          "text": "“Well! That's a turn-up for the book,” Jim said when Richard told him of the latest mystery.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of turn up for the book"
      ],
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          "turn up for the book#English"
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  "word": "turn-up for the book"
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