Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colloquial name in Australia and to some extent in Great Britain for a tall silk hat.
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Examples
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But it was no longer the broad-brimmed wideawake he had brought with him into court; it had turned into a tall beaver belltopper, of a mode at least twenty years old, and too narrow to conceal his face.
Ultima Thule 2003
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As spruce as could be, in a black coat and a belltopper.
Australia Felix 2003
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