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top of the shop

top of the shop noun: ninety.

Noun

top of the shop (uncountable)

  1. ninety

Origin of top of the shop

Presumably chosen for the rhyme, and because 90 is the highest number in bingo.

Questions about top of the shop

What does top of the shop mean?
Top of the shop means ninety.
What part of speech is top of the shop?
Top of the shop is a noun.

Words near top of the shop in the dictionary

  1. top of mind awareness
  2. top of one's class
  3. top of the hour
  4. top of the line
  5. top of the morning
  6. top of the shop
  7. top off
  8. top one's boom
  9. top oneself
  10. top order
  11. top orders

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