1761. R. Lloyd, To G. Colman, Poet. Wks. 1774, I. 113. And walking gravely thro the croud, Which stood obsequiously, and bowd, To keep the fashion up of tipping, Dropt in each hand a golden pippin.
1869. in Daily News, 24 July. A system of tipping had prevailed at Somerset-house and in the dockyards which he would endeavour to uproot.
1893. G. E. Matheson, About Holland, 30. A good deal of tipping has to be done in Holland.