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red tops

red tops is the plural of red top.

Meaning of 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

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What is red tops the plural of?
Red tops is the plural of red top.

Words near red tops in the dictionary

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  3. red toad trillium
  4. red toad trilliums
  5. red top
  6. red tops
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  8. red tortoise cakes
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  10. red tree voles
  11. red triangle slug

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