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Examples
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Most men, as Barber liked to boast, did not dare to give the longshoreman any of their "lip."
The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates 1913
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One was very trifling; the other was a jagged notch of some five inches in depth, the lead being bent upwards and outwards to starboard in a kind of lip.
For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886
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There isn’t a one of them who would sacrifice his comfortable living for—” She glanced around the room with a slightly curled lip. “—well, this.”
LADY of SKYE PATRICIA CABOT 2001
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