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black tops

black tops is the plural of black top.

black tops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of black top.

Meaning of black top

Noun

black top (plural black tops)

  1. (UK, uncommon) A middle-market tabloid; a tabloid newspaper aimed at the middle class, perceived as having intermediate journalistic standards between a broadsheet and a red top.
    • Tabloid-style journalism exists in many societies, but the various elements that co-exist in a red-top or black-top are found on separate platforms in other countries.2020 June 9, Steve Buckledee, Tabloiding the Truth: It's the Pun Wot Won It, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, top.

Questions about black tops

What is black tops the plural of?
Black tops is the plural of black top.

Words near black tops in the dictionary

  1. black top
  2. black top-hat transform
  3. black top-hat transforms
  4. black topped
  5. black topping
  6. black tops
  7. Black Tortoise
  8. Black Tortoise of the North
  9. Black Tot Day
  10. Black Town
  11. black triangle

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