noun
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an informal name for top hat
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a person or thing that tops
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informal a remark that caps the one before
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Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
Even the logo jumps out like a birthday cake topper, with the number “70” alternately blocky and rounded as if constructed out of frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Ms Green said the topper, which was put together by five people over about a month, was created in the "spur of the moment" when the group was deciding what to knit next.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
A stained mattress topper, feathers spilling from its torn edge.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
These types of initial roundups, dubbed "toppers" in White House press lingo, are usually followed by a long question-and-answer session in the packed room -- often extending to dozens of questions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
We’ll talk about the ingredient your soup is probably missing — vinegar! — plus better soup toppers and, eventually, how to host a soup party.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Thirty-six games played, 3,240 minutes across 10 months, table toppers since September and they have arrived at this point.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
We men run to purple ties this year, quite a plucky contrast to our regulation toppers, black coats and sober tweed trousers.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch
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