topee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of topee
First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Besides masses of bedding there is a deck-chair, a typewriter, a case for a topee, or helmet, a gun-case, two portmanteaus, and a box of books, as well as a lunch-basket.
From Round the Wonderful World by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
He tilted back his topee and scratched his head.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Now let me advise you about your topee.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
