Meaning of silver top | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Full cream milk, normally homogenised and pasteurised, having a silvery top to the bottle.
   UK, countable, uncountable
2. An old person.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

“Still I must confess that I was shocked at the president's complaint of the senility of the present Board of Overseers, […] as absurd as the assertion in one of your journals, that your Mr. Evarts 'was too old for a senator' and that he 'was too old to change his mind.' […] I contend that these charges are libellous, both as against Mr. Evarts and the Overseers. Still there are younger Alumni and you can, if you see fit, in your next election, drop some of us silver-tops and insert some younger graduates. Remember, however, that 'striving to do better, oft we mar what's well.'”

“Just ask yourselves this question, you older men, you silver-tops here—What was done with toxic thyroid disease before men like Charles Mayo, the elder Kocher, Crile, Miles F. Porter and other men established the surgery of toxic thyroid upon a fairly rational basis?”

“As we all become "Silver tops" as seniors are referred to, we all may have problems around our sexuality, not the least of being, can we get it and keep it up.”

“Biden is old enough to be Obama's daddy. In fact, I'm betting he and the white silver tops in the Democratic leadership were rooting for him because they're expecting to "own our boy" when he's in the WH.”

“Peter's Aunt May also gets a lot more screen time in this installment, and she's always giving heartfelt advice. It's good to see a superhero movie finally giving some consideration to us "silver tops"!”

“"It takes four years to get educated — we don't have four years. You know, us 'silver tops' are leaving the profession or retiring. I'm 60 and I'm still working," she said, adding she is delaying her retirement due to the challenges facing healthcare workers.”

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