Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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A flip-top, swing-top, or Quillfeldt stopper (after the inventor, Charles de Quillfeldt) is a type of closure frequently used for bottles containing carbonated beverages, such as beer or mineral water. The mouth of the bottle is sealed by a stopper, usually made of porcelain or plastic, fitted with a rubber O-ring and held in place by a set of wires. The bottle can be opened and resealed repeatedly and without the use of a bottle opener, with the wires acting in the same way as a latch clamp. The flip-top was the dominant method of sealing beer and mineral water bottles prior to the invention of the crown cork.
Usage examples of "flip-top".
From the left one, she fished out a flip-top box of Virginia Slims and offered it to her President, who took one out and lit it from the butane lighter also tucked in the box.
Such buttons were mounted in flip-top Plexiglas boxes and scattered throughout the redoubt in case of emergency.
He pulled a little flip-top ashtray out of his pocket and tapped his cigarette in it.
Joseph studied the cigarette smoldering between his fingers, then pulled out his little flip-top ashtray and crushed it out.
There were wads of Pampers in the trash, a flip-top plastic waste bin with used diapers bulging out.
I drew up a simple Zippo-type lighter, except that I made it cylindrical instead of flat to simplify the machining, and with a pull-off cap because we didn't have a decent steel spring to hold the usual flip-top in place.