fighting top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Today's Beys take their name from a Japanese fighting top known as a bei-goma, and they are a rare case of a fad catching fire twice.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
TODAY’S Beys take their name from a Japanese fighting top known as a bei-goma, and they are a rare case of a fad catching fire twice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2012
Every Mexican remembers the red light which President Woodrow Wilson had flashed on April 21, 1914 from the fighting top of the U. S. S. Arkansas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before she managed to get within range, however, her fighting top had been shot away, she had been pierced in vital spots several times and was otherwise very badly crippled.
From The Boy Allies under Two Flags by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
Don't you love them, every inch of them, from the fighting top to the very anchor chains?
From Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
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