Examples
“We obviously had some precautions in place ready to cover him if he failed to pull through, but he's in tip-top shape so full credit to him and the medics, added Kiss.”
The Guardian: Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland's Rory Best fit to face Wales
“Today is the audition for “The Bright Stream,” and I believe I am in tip-top shape to win the prize role—potato carrier!”
“We insist on tip-top training, suitably qualified personnel, a better standard of equipment, pay and a proper career structure.”
“It was a skill that came in handy in Iraq in 2007, where he was responsible for keeping the complicated electronics of his helicopter unit's choppers in tip-top shape.”
“The new owner will have to maintain the light and keep the structure in tip-top shape, which typically runs about $20,000 a year, according to the Coast Guard.”
The Wall Street Journal: Lighthouses Available for the Asking
“Discerning clients want great golf, courses you can't normally play, tip-top accommodation and great 'après-golf' experiences," he says.”
“Her all-star tips will help keep your ticker in tip-top shape too.”
“Charged with a tip-top secret mission to escort a dangerous cargo to Venus, the space flight goes predictably awfully as everyone trys to get a peep at the secret cargo!”
“A much larger security presence probably would have kept the governors mansion security monitors in tip-top condition and would have meant that more than one person would have been on duty the night the arsonist struck, either limiting the damage done or stopping the arsonist before he threw whatever he threw at the front door.”
Think Progress » Gov. Perry wants to bring California’s budget misery to Texas.
“He did not say that the economy was in tip-top shape because of it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tip-top’.
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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This Higgledy-Piggledy Raggle-Taggle ...
flimflam, higgledy-piggledy, raggle-taggle, heebie-jeebies, bric-a-brac, tip-top, holus-bolus, hocus-pocus, hobson-jobson, riffraff, artsy-fartsy, harum-scarum and 28 more...
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Double barrels or double doses
Words that double up or hyphenate
shilly-shallying, flotsam and jetsam, nooks and crannies, dilly-dallying, out and about, prinking and pree..., fuddy-duddy, flim-flam, hocus-pocus, fiddle-faddle, eeksy-peeksy, (on the) ran-dan and 12 more...
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Nick nacks
I started a list on the Wordie with a different log-in and now I can't find it. Sigh. So I'm starting again. These are monosyllabic double barrels that I like the sound of. Part of our human instin...
riff-raff, ping-pong, hip-hop, flim-flam, op cit, tip-top, mish-mash, flap-dash, nick-nack, lap-top, can-can, slap-dash and 60 more...
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reesetee Old nickname for the Tufted Titmouse. Dec 11, 2007