turnup (tern up)

[ I have seen many a turn - up , and some pitched battles among the yokels; and, though one or two were rather too sanguinary for my taste, no serious mischief was done. Noctes Ambrosianæ, Dec., 1834. 2. One who or that which turns up unexpectedly or without prearrangement. The type of men of which Emerson and Carlyle are the most pronounced and influential examples in our time, it must be owned, are comparatively a new turn - up in liter The Century , XXVII. 926. ature. [Colloq. or slang in both uses.]