bell-topper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Nothing on earth to do there, and they wanted me to wear a bell-topper hat on Sunday.”
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
The frock coat had been "restored," the rag cap was abandoned in favour of a limp bell-topper, contributed by the family of a benevolent clergyman, and the tan boots were artistically blacked with stove polish.
From The Missing Link by Dyson, Edward
This was a tall, elderly, erect man dressed in black broad-cloth, with a bell-topper and a very voluminous white choker.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
