Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
topi .
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- noun A
pith helmet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
Etymologies
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Examples
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I had long ago learned to relish fish and meat which they call "topee," and which civilized people denominate "rotten".
Schwatka's Search 1869
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"topee," for one-third of the price he would pay in London; and this will be his only wear, before sunset, until he again reaches a temperate climate.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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Chief among them was India's happy hooker Mohinder Amarnath, recalled after a long exile in the Lancashire leagues with Lowerhouse and Crompton, who took them on with, initially, only a solar topee to protect himself.
Mohinder Amarnath's bravery for India was a lesson for the cricket world | Rob Bagchi 2011
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Marri spoke a precise, hesitant, whispering English that, combined with his robe and beige topee and the setting, gave him a certain charisma.
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Marri spoke a precise, hesitant, whispering English that, combined with his robe and beige topee and the setting, gave him a certain charisma.
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In prison, they make punks a forced “boyfriend” sit down topee.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stand Up and Urinate Like a Man: 2009
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May 8, 2008 at 2:03 pm jars o peenuts budder krazi nahbers topee luki 4 leafs clowvers m
this is the LAST TIME - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I am half expecting a red-faced, sweating white man in a topee to come striding up to berate the Lascars...
Archive 2007-03-01 Glenda Larke 2007
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It was on all fours, like a hound on a scent, that I was compelled to travel; my solar topee getting the worse for wear every minute; my skin getting more and more wounded; my clothes at each step becoming more and more tattered.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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Whereupon he was shown my cork topee, which he tried on his woolly head, much to his own and to our amusement.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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