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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