whip-round

Related to whip-round: whip off

whip-round

A monetary collection used to buy a gift for someone. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The office had a whip-round for Ellen's retirement party.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • take the bark off
  • whip a U-ie
  • whipping
  • bestow
  • bestow on
  • bestow on (someone)
  • buggy
  • buggy whip
  • palm off, to
  • whip (someone or something) on
References in periodicals archive
And it went as far as players, headed by bad boy Joey Barton, planning a whip-round to raise the pounds 8,000 required to organise the flight.
Player power sways Ashley
Another neighbour Gwen Waters, 46, added: "We've done a little whip-round. We've been and got them new clothes and little things like shoes and socks."
Neighbours rally round after blaze
Stallholders at the Bullring open market and St Martin's market were so disgusted at the theft they had a whip-round and collected PS250 to buy Shabana Shoukat a new tablet.
Traders make up for theft of disabled shopper's iPad
Meanwhile, with typical modesty, Bernice is organising her own farewell whip-round in the Woolpack.
WE LOVE SOAPS
CAN we have a whip-round to buy a jumper for that shy, self-effacing wee lamb Scout Willis?
Scout's out protecting her honour
Scottish Parliament bosses have called in detectives after cash from a Tory whip-round was stolen.
Police in hunt for Holyrood cash thief
Perhaps redundant librarians could have a whip-round to help out these suffering TV bureaucrats?
Might librarians help TV people? Views of the North
C Young, Maidstone, Kent WE may have to have a whip-round for superinjunction lawyers, as I suspect they won't get much business in the future.
Giggs's gag gaffe is a lesson to all celebs
The deceitful man raised pounds 3,000 in a whip-round from work mates to help pay for his young wife's funeral.
DID YOU KNOW?
Six teenage Wigan supporters were in tears after their bus left them at Stamford Bridge, but Leighton Baines and Matt Jackson organised a pounds 400 whip-round for their fares home and one of the Latics players' wives drove the youngsters to the station.
Fare play to Wigan
I would like to ask her if she could also have a whip-round for a new set of traps for the other side at Brough Park.
Letter: Whip-round needed
Surely a quick whip-round in the Blues dressing room would solve the problem
The Back Page: Football: Blues Ladies
SUPPORTERS had a whip-round and donated pounds 800 enabling Northwich Victoria to stay at an Essex hotel last night before they make their first visit to Canvey Island today for a key Nationwide Conference fixture.
Football: Generous fans foot Vics' hotel bill
Many of the players earn thousands of pounds a week and a whip-round would have no doubt paid for his return journey with plenty of money left for fast cars.
Why didn't stars help?
PENSIONERS at an old folk's complex in Bedworth had a whip-round and gave pounds 75 to the borough Mayor for his civic charity appeal in support of the Mary Ann Evans Hospice.
Pine Tree old folk dig deep