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 tilted back his topee and scratched his head.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
While he was gone I thought I would take a stroll down town and find out what was doing, so, donning my solar topee, I lit a cigar and set off.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Guy Newell Boothby
Jan tried vainly to efface herself behind a tailor's dummy, but her back was reflected in the very mirror which also reproduced Sir Langham in the act of trying on a khaki-coloured topee.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
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