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be-toppered

be-toppered adjective: wearing a topper.

Adjective

be-toppered (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a topper.
    • A small crowd gathers to gaze at the spick-and-span coach, the four stylish bay-browns, the coachman handsomely be-frocked, be-toppered and be-gloved.1926, James Agate, The Common Touch, Chapman and Hall, page 83
    • Be-toppered men and fashionably dressed women in boxes were focusing binoculars.1931, Harry Carlisle, Darkness at Noon, New York, N.Y.: Horace Liveright, page 172
    Synonyms:
    top-hatted, toppered

Examples of be-toppered in a sentence

  • Of course, the little be-toppered man who hadn’t washed for months was a bigger man than I shall ever be.1939, A. G. Macdonell, “Letter XII”, in Flight from a Lady, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, page 200:
  • The “be-toppered” members were Sir William Darling (C., South Edinburgh) and Mr.1953 April 15, “Sir Will wears the traditional topper”, in Daily Record, number 17,948, page 3:
  • And proud, not only of her be-toppered husband and kilted son, but of this whole mad, delightful family into which she had married.1965, Eric Malpass, Morning’s at Seven, page 129:
  • Also be-toppered was Rahsaan Rolkand Kirk, whose eccentricity in instrument choice and performing style spread over into how he dressed.2008, Jazz Journal International, page 2:

Synonyms of be-toppered

Forms of be-toppered

alternative formbetoppered

Origin of be-toppered

From be- + topper + -ed.

Questions about be-toppered

What does be-toppered mean?
Be-toppered means wearing a topper.
How do you use be-toppered in a sentence?
Of course, the little be-toppered man who hadn’t washed for months was a bigger man than I shall ever be.
What part of speech is be-toppered?
Be-toppered is an adjective.

Words near be-toppered in the dictionary

  1. be-sceptered
  2. be-sceptred
  3. be-spurred
  4. be-stetsoned
  5. be-togaed
  6. be-toppered
  7. be-tuxed
  8. be4
  9. BEA
  10. beable
  11. beables

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