topee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of topee
First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat
Example Sentences
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He laid his topee carefully on a palm stump so the slipstream wouldn't blow it off and climbed up on the wing beside my cockpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had on a white topee, and was accompanied by three or four men dressed like him in shorts.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
He was dressed in white ducks from head to foot, while a big solar topee covered his head.
From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
He wore a white topee and white trousers, but his coat was blue, with brass buttons, and gold lace at the shoulders.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
She did not buy a solar topee at Port Said, for though this was her first voyage she had not, it seemed, started quite unwarned.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
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