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old top

old top noun: familiar term of address.

Noun

old top

  1. (colloquial, dated) Familiar term of address.
    • Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182

Questions about old top

What does old top mean?
Old top means familiar term of address.
What part of speech is old top?
Old top is a noun.

Words near old top in the dictionary

  1. old timey
  2. old toast
  3. old toasts
  4. Old Tom
  5. Old Toongabbie
  6. old top
  7. old town
  8. old towns
  9. Old Trafford
  10. Old Tupi
  11. Old Turkic

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