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tiptopper

tiptopper noun: an upper-class person or aristocrat.

Noun

tiptopper (plural tiptoppers)

  1. (slang) An upper-class person or aristocrat.
    • […] tiptoppers like a bit of fun as well as anybody else: it can't all be state concerts at Buckingham Palace. I don't know whether they still have midnight tobogganing on tea-trays down the stair- cases of country houses […]1893, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 87, page 367

Forms of tiptopper

pluraltiptoppers

Origin of tiptopper

tiptop + -er

Questions about tiptopper

What does tiptopper mean?
Tiptopper means an upper-class person or aristocrat.
What part of speech is tiptopper?
Tiptopper is a noun.
What is the plural of tiptopper?
The plural of tiptopper is tiptoppers.

Words near tiptopper in the dictionary

  1. Tipton County
  2. Tipton St John
  3. Tiptonville
  4. tiptop
  5. tiptopite
  6. tiptopper
  7. tiptoppers
  8. tiptops
  9. Tiptree
  10. tiptrode
  11. tiptrodes

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