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 Tip of my Tongue.Tiph’any, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tip One the Wink (To).
 
To make a signal to another by a wink. Here tip means “to give,” as tip in the previous example means “a gift.”   1
 


 Tip of my Tongue.Tiph’any, 

 
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