Meaning of toppered | Babel Free

Definitions

Wearing a topper.

not-comparable

Examples

“RAY HAS REASON FOR BACHELORHOOD / Toppered Comedian Likes Them All and Can’t Decide /[…][Raymond] Griffith may be a high hat comedian on the screen but he has never worn a high hat in real life. Despite the screen makeup of frock coat and silk-topper in pictures he’s the most unassuming actor in Hollywood.”

“New York has her silk toppered gentlemen, who ride the Macom and other official vessels about the harbor to welcome the city distinguished visitors, and California has pretty “flappers” who wander through train sheds presenting beautiful bouquets of native flowers to her visiting celebrities, but Kansas City has a hostess whose duty is not only to welcome the city’s guests but also to see that hospitality is provided and that every detail providing their comfort is properly attended.”

“Twenty magnificent top hats have long adorned the trusty heads of certain important stationmasters on formal occasions; but it has been decreed that, as one by one these toppered heads retire from the service, their successors are to wear a bowler hat.”

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