topman
Americannoun
plural
topmenEtymology
Origin of topman
Example Sentences
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Named for the job was young, handsome, curly-headed Rexford Guy Tugwell, topman of the Brain Trust.
From Time Magazine Archive
At musical's end, he is faced with the topman clich�: "You're all alone, Sammy Glick."
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the topman closed his soliloquy, in order to agitate the tobacco again, it being impossible to conduct the process of chewing and talking at one and the same time.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
He was as bold a topman as ever stepped.
From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de
"I'll be shot if I can see why the old man won't let us ashore," growled a sturdy young topman.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
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