noun
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an informal name for top hat
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a person or thing that tops
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informal a remark that caps the one before
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Origin of topper
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I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Find the best mattress topper for your sleep situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
“Enjoying this headline? You’re a rarity: Reading for pleasure is declining ...” was the topper to a story by my colleague Hailey Branson-Potts in August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
A stained mattress topper, feathers spilling from its torn edge.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Somehow that must not have been enough star power, because another performer with 123 hits, eight chart toppers and two Grammys has been added to the lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
We also have merch drops, where we’ll give away something, like straw toppers and bumper stickers, with a drink purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
So the team that finishes 36th earns that much, 35th claims 550,000 euros through to 9.9m euros for the table toppers.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
Where other starches such as wheat, corn or rice are scarce, potato preparations are used as a sturdy base for meat, seafood or vegetable toppers.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
"Squig" and de Wend were excellent as bookies, in perfectly good toppers made out of stiff white paper with deep black ribbon bands and "THE OLD FIRM" painted in large type on cards.
From Fanny Goes to War by Washington, Pat Beauchamp
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