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top-hampers

top-hampers is the plural of top-hamper.

Meaning of top-hamper

Noun

top-hamper (plural top-hampers)

  1. The rigging, spars, etc., stored above the deck of a ship.
    • There were the pitching of the vessel, the hissing of the waters, the dashing of spray, the shocks that menaced annihilation to the little craft as she plunged into the seas, the undying howl of the wind, and the fearful drift. The last was the most serious danger; for, though exceedingly weatherly...1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder, Chapter 16

Questions about top-hampers

What is top-hampers the plural of?
Top-hampers is the plural of top-hamper.

Words near top-hampers in the dictionary

  1. top-flags
  2. top-flight
  3. top-fuel
  4. top-grade
  5. top-hamper
  6. top-hampers
  7. top-hat
  8. top-hat pension
  9. top-hat pensions
  10. top-hat plan
  11. top-hat plans

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