英和和英

名詞

whip-around (plural whip-arounds)

1. (Ireland, UK, Commonwealth) Alternative form of whip-round
   • 2012 March 23, Sinead O'Carroll, “Gambling, lies, whip-arounds and the Teflon Taoiseach: how the world read Mahon”, in TheJournal.ie:

     After revealing a bizarre money trail of whip-arounds from friends, unsolicited payment for a Manchester dinner, wins on the horses, cash savings for property investments, bags of cash and a lack of bank accounts, Mr Ahern’s evidence was turned on its head by his former secretary, Grainne Carruth.

   • 2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent:

     BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.