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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Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
“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
She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
These types of initial roundups, dubbed "toppers" in White House press lingo, are usually followed by a long question-and-answer session in the packed room -- often extending to dozens of questions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Thirty-six games played, 3,240 minutes across 10 months, table toppers since September and they have arrived at this point.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
In music, we’ve seen chart toppers from artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Nas X, and Sam Smith and Kim Petras play with occult imagery.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
I was a sight, in that weather-stained old suit and ragged toppers, even before I got freckled and splashed with prairie-mud.
From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher
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