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- noun Plural form of
tophat , alternative spelling oftop hats .
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Examples
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Lampshades made from bowlers and tophats -- Boing Boing Gadgets
Boing Boing 2009
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I think it's mostly an excuse for people to write about corsets and tophats and seldom take any notice of the rich history of the 1900's other than topical Victoriana.
Let's Pretend We're Real Writers! wendigomountain 2010
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Anyway, this year Phil, whatever the gender, was interpreted by rural Pennsylvania guys wearing tophats, very early on saturday morning, to have predicted six more weeks of winter.
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Oh yeah, there are no needy people in London, just fatcats in tophats!
What now for the Barnett Formula. Glyn Davies 2008
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The story with the cats and the tophats lying in the woods was just part of the "turn" of Angier's trick.
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Anyway, this year Phil, whatever the gender, was interpreted by rural Pennsylvania guys wearing tophats, very early on saturday morning, to have predicted six more weeks of winter.
Printing: Superstar Weather Guy Punxsatawney Phil Predicts 2008
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The tophats in the woods are shown at the end of the film, but at the same time Cutter says: "Now you're looking for the secret, but you (the viewer) won't find it."
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Like us english- apparently we walk around with tophats and live off tea and crumpets, which is clearly not entirely true.
AMERICAN CAT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Also because people prefer glitzy razzle-dazzle to mudsoaked 19th-century tophats.
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A crescent enclosure had been roped in front whereout the tophats poked; birettas, a red among the black, peaked cowls of mendicants; ferny feathery whiskery toques.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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