Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of turning or moving a table by no apparent adequate physical or mechanical force; table-moving; table-turning.
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Examples
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This type of spirit contact was in vogue when table-tipping, cabinet-knocking, and the like were parlor games in the late 1900s.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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This type of spirit contact was in vogue when table-tipping, cabinet-knocking, and the like were parlor games in the late 1900s.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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This type of spirit contact was in vogue when table-tipping, cabinet-knocking, and the like were parlor games in the late 1900s.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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He was not much thrilled when Mrs. Frink, a small twittering woman, proposed that they “try and do some spiritualism and table-tipping — you know Chum can make the spirits come — honest, he just scares me!”
Babbit 2004
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“Knew all this table-tipping nonsense would come to no good,” Colonel Mering said.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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He was not much thrilled when Mrs. Frink, a small twittering woman, proposed that they ` ` try and do some spiritualism and table-tipping -- you know Chum can make the spirits come -- honest, he just scares me! ''
Babbitt 1922
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Communication should be established with the "haunting spirits," if possible, by means of raps, table-tipping, etc. The character of the phenomena should be studied, and the _physical_ separated from the
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919
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He was not much thrilled when Mrs. Frink, a small twittering woman, proposed that they "try and do some spiritualism and table-tipping -- you know Chum can make the spirits come -- honest, he just scares me!"
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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He was even duped into believing in the cheap swindle of table-tipping.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914
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His specialties were the introduction of a great variety of articles -- apports as they are called -- at his sittings, levitation, table-tipping and automatic writing and the direct voice.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements Gaius Glenn Atkins 1912
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"The question was asked if it were possible to establish communication with the dead, and whether it was wise or advisable to attend séances or to engage in table-turning, spirit-rapping, etc."
March 7, 2016