Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A panic-grass, Panicum fuscum, having the panicle brown.
- noun The redtop, Agrostis alba.
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Examples
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And right next to it, under the shade of the polka-dot umbrella, is a small brown-top only two centimeters out of the ground, and a bigger one next to that, and another—like a row of nested matryoshka dolls lined up on the downward curve of the slope.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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And right next to it, under the shade of the polka-dot umbrella, is a small brown-top only two centimeters out of the ground, and a bigger one next to that, and another—like a row of nested matryoshka dolls lined up on the downward curve of the slope.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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Top quality beef cooked over charcoal, a good brown-top bun, a slice of onion and some pickle slices.
The Sandwich Manifesto. Ann Althouse 2008
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A short black-looking fellow in brown-top boots, corduroy breeches, jockey coat and jockey cap sat on the box, holding the reins in one hand and a long whip in the other.
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