turn-up for the books
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "What a turn-up for the books: the prettiest boy in the seventies pop stratosphere had prematurely gone to fat."
- "What a turn-up for the books, Portia thinks, what a lark!"
- "'Well now, that's a turn-up, Eddie Godolphin said, settling himself back into the only comfortable chair in the minuscule room. He picked up the plate of scones and stuffed one whole into his mouth. “That's a real turn-up for the books.' Or at least that was what Alex thought he said; it was hard to tell through the crumbs, cream and jam."