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
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 Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
Back in a tram-car, an excellent place to sketch faces, your topee over your eyes, and sketch book behind a newspaper—no one knows you are drawing.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
With his white patrol-coat unbuttoned and his solar topee perched on the back of his head, he was making the best of things in spite of the terrific heat and the attentions of numerous cockroaches.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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