1705. Ward, Hudibras Redivivus, vol. I., pt. 4, p. 8. So have I seen on board of ship, Some knawing beeff, some spewing flip.
1748. Smollett, Rod. Random, ch. xxiv. He … sent for a can of beer, of which he made excellent flip to crown the banquet.
1810. Crabbe, The Borough, Letter 16. Nay, with the seamen working in the ship, At their request, he’d share the grog and flip.
1875. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 18. It was thought best to heat the poker red-hot before plunging it into the mugs of flip.
2. (popular).—A bribe or douceur.
3. (common).—A light blow, or snatch.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 23. Barney made a very unceremonious flip at the bit.
Verb (thieves’).—To shoot.
1819. Vaux, Flash Dict., s.v.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood (ed. 1864), p. 273. Flip him, Dick; fire, or I’m taken.