red-top

Noun

red top (plural red tops)

1. (Ireland, UK) A tabloid newspaper, particularly one of those aimed primarily at a working class audience and considered to have lower journalistic standards than black tops or broadsheets.
   • Just as broadsheets only exceptionally outsell any of the tabloids, so middle-market tabloids—the Mail and Express—only rarely outsell the red tops (although the upmarket Sunday Times outsells the mid-market Express on Sunday and The Mail on Sunday outsells The People).1997 August 13, Brian Macarthur, “Diana: mover and shaker”, in The Times
2. (UK) skimmed milk
   • Red-top milk might be about to disappear2020 March 24, James Andrews, “Coronavirus: Tesco is axing skimmed milk and many offers from its shelves”, in The Mirror
3. (UK) homogenised whole milk
   • Semi-skimmed milk (half the fat of silver and red top)1996, Anne Barnett, Examining Food Technology, Heinemann, →ISBN, page 39