Meaning of bell-topper | Babel Free

Definitions

top hat; chimney-pot hat

Australia, dated

Examples

““Now, you long ghost with the bell-topper, what did you pay for that coat? It's a Houndsditcher!” The sally was greeted with laughter from all who heard it.”

“There was a surprise awaiting them at Tooraloo, for the moment they arrived two persons in bell-toppers and long-tailed coats ran out from behind a fence[.]”

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