flip-top

English

Adjective

flip-top (not comparable)

1. Having a lid or covering that flips open.
   • 1940 August 1, The Leader, Angaston, SA, page 1, column 1:

     They're pure; they come in big flip-top bottles.

   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 152:

     If I had a flip-top head and managed to hack up an entire lung, I could not have topped those guys.